Excommunication

There were several significant political and social consequences of the Protestant Reformation during the sixteenth century. The Reformation brought about a change in the way women were viewed and led to support for their lives through Protestant reforms and education. The Protestant Reformation additionally provided the opportunity for princes and monarchs to acquire increased political power through King Henry VIII’s break from the Catholic Church or the Holy Roman Empire prince’s converting…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, Call of the Wild, Harry Potter. What do all of these books have in common? Besides being classic pieces of literature, they have all been banned in the past. Most have been challenged or censored in recent years. The act of censorship is prevalent in much of American and world history. Censorship is thought to help control and keep others safe through government involvement, but in recent years we have used censorship to mute anyone we don’t agree with.…

Symbols and imagery are very effective tools that when used correctly can convey one’s power and authority. On the opposite end of the spectrum, symbols can be used to degrade and defame a person. These two statements are true throughout history, but are especially evident in the society of colonial Mexico. In Death by Effigy, Luis R. Corteguera demonstrates that symbols were an integral part of colonial society through a court case centered on the town of Tecamachalco. The display of an…

Soon after his excommunication, Parliamentary action enacting Henry’s decision to break from the Roman Catholic Church followed. The Act of Supremacy in 1534 recognized that the king (Henry VIII) was “the only supreme head of the Church of England called Anglicana Ecclesia…

Tartuffe is a comedic play written by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, and he was most commonly known by his stage name, Moliere. In Tartuffe, the power of false teaching and habit of trusting the wrong sort of people is illuminated throughout the play. Moliere was greatly influenced by the historical conflicts that the Enlightenment era brought, specifically pertaining to the church’s response to the new age of thinking and reasoning. Even though Moliere seems to be mocking the Catholic faith, he is…

Andrew Chen Ms. Bergen AP European History 4 June 2018 Josip Broz Tito: The Rebel Communist Josip Broz, more commonly known as Tito, was born on May 7, 1892 in the village of Kumrovec in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia). He was the seventh of fifteen children in a large peasant family, with a Croat father and a Slovene mother. At the early age of seven, he began working on his family’s farm. He entered primary school in Kumrovec at…

Throughout recorded human history there have been two pillars holding back chaos and promoting order in the world; devotion to a God, and loyalty to a crown. Yet in the middle ages a centuries long struggle for power would divide these factions and pit them against each other in a battle for control of Europe’s people. The struggle, though brewing for generations, was pushed to the forefront of European politics by the actions of Pope Gregory VII, who attempted to dispose of Holy Roman Emperor…

The Middle Ages are a misunderstood period of history in which the popular view is that they were a dark and gloomy time with little or no progress. This is due to the careless terminology coined by many historians In fact, the Medieval Times were much brighter times than what is commonly believed. Many accomplishments made during these times attributed to the progression of history. The Medieval Times were not actually a “Dark Ages,” but rather a bright time filled with progress thanks to…

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six volume set written by Edward Gibbon. The six volumes were written from a Roman point of view between the years 1776 and 1788. Edward Gibbon was an English historian writer and a Member of Parliament. Gibbon’s work is considered to be outdated due to the central idea of this popular work. Throughout the set of books, he uses irony and criticism of organized religion. The thesis of his work is the falling of Rome was caused by embracing…

such. Later in act four, Parris comments on Proctor’s “weight” in Salem and he is concerned about riots breaking out because of the hanging of Proctor. Parris says, “It cannot be forgot that when I summoned the congregation for John Proctor’s excommunication there were hardly thirty people come to hear it"{Miller, 118}. Dependability and trustworthiness are two important traits for a hero to have, and Proctor posses both, as demonstrated in the play. No one would believe that Proctor is…