Geneva Bible

The 1599 Geneva Bible was printed in London by Christopher Barker and deputies. It was not the first nor definitive edition, with 140 versions produced between 1560 and 1644. This attests to the text’s popularity amidst a fraught political and religious situation in the early modern period. Its publication has direct ties to Protestantism, particularly due to its creation by protestant Marian exiles. The text was published in England only following Archbishop Parker’s 1575 death, and then was an object of contestation for King James I during his reign. This was due to its anti-Catholic sentiments, and annotations concerning limits to monarchic power. Additionally the text’s presentation leans towards Protestantism with its focus on interpretation…

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This battle was witnessed by a young Swedish businessman by the name of Henri Dunant who then organized people from nearby villages to come bring food, water and other supplies to help the wounded and sick soldiers. This gave Dunant the idea of having trained non-combat volunteers to give aid to wounded from both sides. This then sparked a movement in which the Public Welfare Association in Geneva, for a five-man committee that Dunant and Gustave Moynier, the president of the association and…

Jean Jacques Rousseau was born on June 28th, 1712, to Isaac Rousseau and Suzanne Bernard in Geneva, Switzerland. He grew up mainly with his father, as his only brother had run away while he was still a child, and his mother passed away days after his birth. From an early age his father educated him with ancient Greek and Roman literature. After years passed, Isaac had an argument with a French captain and had to flee Geneva permanently at the risk of imprisonment. At that point Rousseau went…

The Happiest refugee, by Ahn Do, is a memoir which tells the story of his family, his life before and after fleeing war-torn Vietnam, and his dramatic journey through pirate-infested waters. Did you know that refugees contribute an average of $10 billion to the Australian economy in their first 10 years of settlement? Illegal immigrants don't come to Australia to commit crime; they come here to escape war-torn countries such as Iraq,Syria and historically, Vietnam. Despite this, the majority of…

The purpose of the interview was to learn about Vietnam, the country where my informant was born and lived until 1975 when Saigon was invaded by the North Vietnamese. In addition, I had desired to see Vietnam from a perspective other than the Vietnam War where Americans fought. However, there is another reason I chose Vietnam, I work with students whose parents are from Vietnam even though the parents are a younger generation their culture is alive and lived out in their community. Some of…

The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…

Soldiers of the Charlie Company were ordered by Lieutenant Calley, on March 16, 1968, to leave the village of My Lai destroyed. During the Vietnam War, the United States supported South Vietnam and were in the process of fighting North Vietnam because of their communistic viewpoints. The fighting had been different than any other war, the Viet Cong's fighting style consisted of sneaky sniper attacks and booby traps. Their fighting style had aggravated the United States soldiers and they soon…

Geneva Convention Iraq Reevaluating the Geneva Convention The Geneva Convention originated in the year 1864, designing the main principals of the committee, and only 16 states were represented. That was only the first successful conference as the quickly gained reorganization. They hosted many well-known conferences like the convention in 1907, which talked about adapting the principles of the convention on the wounded and sick, and the convention of 1929 that discussed the rights of prisoners…

They Geneva Agreement ended up dividing Vietnam into two different political zones. The north Being communist and the south not being communist. In 1954 Dooley was transferred so help in the aid of the crossing of 600,000 Vietnamese refugees. He was later recognized for this and awarded by the vietnamese government. This mission was called the Passage to Freedom. On the ship he served as a doctor and he also was able to translate a little bit of French. Later he became in charge of the building…