seen as an economic protest against a grasping Church, or as a political protest by German princes wishing to restrict the power of foreigners. The Renaissance rejected blind obedience to authority and focused on the potential of every human being. Martin Luther used these principles to question the Catholic Church with dramatic results.Russel Tarr and Keith Randell, Access to History: Luther and the Reformation in Europe 1500-64 4th ed. (United Kingdom: Hodder Education, 2015), p.…
achievements in his lifetime make him one of Americas most influential figures. Also known as Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali is known to be one of the best boxers in history. He Is known for many of his famous fights, such as the “Rumble in the Jungle” against George Foreman, the “Fight of the Century” against Joe Frazier, and many more. Ali contributed greatly to society by being an influential figure people looked up to and by introducing black power to white Americans. He continuously showed his…
Recording innovations in the mid-1960s rerouted the expectations of musical composition. The Beatles were famous for constantly revolutionizing the music industry in unimaginable fashions. On August 5, 1966, Revolver was released in the United Kingdom (The Beatles Bible, 2015). The album’s experimentation and creativity reached a level that not even The Beatles could have anticipated. What musical ingenuities propelled Revolver to become one of the greatest albums of all time? The Beatles…
stolen and Muhammad Ali told the police officer that Muhammad Ali wanted to beat up the person who stole his bike. The police officer told Muhammad Ali he should first learn how to fight before he start challenging people. That police office was Joe Martin.…
was formed in 1960. The original four were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best. They started touring in August 1960 in Hamburg, Germany played at least five and an half hour every night. In 1962, they met Brian Epstein and Epstein was impressed with the music The Beatles were making. As a result, The Beatles hired Epstein as their manager. Later in their career, in May 1962, The Beatles met George Martin, who was unimpressed with the music and complained about Best’s…
The book A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier is the memoir of Joseph Plumb Martin and chronicles his thoughts and experiences as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. His diary was originally published as A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents that Occurred Within His Own Observation, and later it was better known as Private Yankee Doodle. The book portrays Revolutionary War battles of…
As the war began to take shape George Washington stressed the need of a standing formal army, going against the principles of Whig ideology. Many people were willing to participate in the standing army at the beginning of the war, but as it progressed the enthusiasm began to fade. After…
Totalitarianism in George Orwell’s ‘’1984” What is totalitarianism? There are many theories about the totalitarian concept but we will mention only few concepts. The totalitarian concept has been useful term to typify a particular genre of contemporary regime in an age of mass democracy in which the population can be controlled by a variety of means, especially by terror. by Michael Curtis{Totalitarianism, Michael Curtis;2} Linda Cemak on her book…
This marriage was a surprise. Mainly because George Knightley in his late- thirties, had never seemed interested in marriage, and seem content to live a single life. As well as, Emma who had blatantly reproached marriage, and saw it as more of a burden than as a free matrimony. Even stating, “Fortune…
Revolutionary War, and how the Continental army fought against Great Britain for independence. At Fort Henry, Great Britain shot off a great deal of cannonballs at the Continental army. Great Britain told the Fort Henry to lower their flag to surrender. George Washington once said, “ The thing that separates christian heart is he will die on his feet before he’ll live on his knees.” When the battle ended, the flag was still up. They didn’t hold the flag up with their hands. They held it…