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The crusades were one of the most vigorous events in history! They consist of a powerful series of religious wars in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries where Christian soldiers attacked Jerusalem to reclaim the Holy Land. Pope Urban II’s speech at the Council of Clermont held in France which initiated the crusades was considered the spark that powered this world-changing event; however, the original manuscript of his words had been lost! There are only reports of his speech available in the…

The First Crusade and the idea of crusading was not as much a rupture in a way of thinking as much as it was an evolution of the ideas which originated from the Cluniac papal reforms began by Pope Gregory VII and continued by his successor, Pope Urban II. The response to Pope Urban II’s call for the crusade at the Council of Clermont in 1095 was a large mobilization of both knights as well as clerical and lay noncombatants. However, there were numerous impetuses of both spiritual and…

named Anne Hathaway. She was twenty six years old when she found out that she was 3 months pregnant. William and Anne had there first child on May 26, 1583 who they named Susanna. They also had twins Judith and Hamnet on February 2, 1985, but sadly Hamnet died at the…

North America is currently in the era of truth and reconciliation for First Nations people. Since Stephen Harper’s public apology for Canadian residential schools, education, literature, politics are all in a stage a recuperation. In Joseph Boyden’s Legend of the Sugar Girl and Jo-Ann Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits a consistent theme of intergenerational trauma is present. Both Boyden and Episkenew express concerns with matters regarding health, family, and identity. Boyden’s literature…

learn English and to believe Catholic religion. In the books The Secret Path and Sugar Falls we can see two different stories about the experience of first nation childs in these schools. Loneliness and discrimination are powerful themes in these two stories. In The Secret Path the theme of loneliness is demonstrated through the image were Chain, a first nation kid uses 6 matches while escaping from a residential school. When one sees this image believes that when Chain was escaping the only…

while addressing controversial and complex issues. This is explored in Margaret Atwood’s speech, “Spotty Handed Villainess” (1994) and Doris Lessing’s speech, “On not winning the Nobel Prize” (2007) which heavily explores the differences between first world and third world countries. Both these composers address the issues of injustices in their society and they are driven to deliver their speeches with the desire the challenge the audience’s perceptions and shift their understanding of the…

attendance of these“industrial schools” mandatory. Most people at the time “interpreted the socio-cultural differences between themselves and the Aboriginal peoples as proof that Canada’s first inhabitants were ignorant, savage, and—like children—in need of guidance.” (Hansen, E. 2009). They wished to transition the first nations traditional hunter/gatherer type lifestyle and culture into one of industry and agriculture and christianity. In partnership with multiple church organizations, the…

In my honest opinion, I believe that the treatment of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis is unfair and doesn't align with Canada’s multicultural values. First of all, on the reserves, the First Nations people are separated from the rest of Canada and are not able to practice their culture outside of it. In the rest of Canada, however, people are able to practice their own cultures and religions freely without restrictions. This means that Aboriginal people are denied their freedoms and rights,…

There is no question that the issues of First Nations weren't a direct result of the injustices that the Canadian government imposed on First Nations by implementing residential schools in an effort to eliminate their culture. In the eyes of the government, they weren't seen as equals and had no say in decisions often the result of misunderstanding the agreements that were signed. First Nation children were taken from their family homes and put into residential schools with the motivation to…

Shakespeare’s play relate to everyday life and are a good way of teaching high school students new lessons about life. Shakespeare's words portray the deepest levels of human motivation in many situations of life. High schools students may not understand at first why they should read William Shakespeare until they have. Shakespeare’s writing is about human nature. He explains the thoughts and feelings of his characters. He makes you want to either love them or hate them or both. The stories…