Historical documents

1. Go the weblink on Medieval Witchcraft Documents (http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/source/witches1.asp) to then read, analyze, and annotate. Go to the annotated bibliography and citation examples in the writing assignment folder and the Helpful Files Folder to help with this portion of this writing assignment (and may ask my help and remember may ask a librarian for help as well). You must properly cite this particular source using the Chicago Manuel of Style (which is what the examples use)…

For this history investigation I will be discussing the controversial question regarding Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon. I will start by explaining the events that led to Nixon’s pardoning, which is his suspected involvement in the Watergate Scandal. Then I will discuss the actual pardon and what Ford’s speech said. Lastly, I will explain how the pardon protected the Presidency and stopped tension from arising in the United States. The method I will use to prove if the pardon was right or…

Irving and other revisionists have been able to become so prominent. She says that revisionists have been able to gain some amount of authority by “camouflaging their goals” (Lipstadt 1993). They hide behind the idea that they “uncover historical falsehoods, all historical falsehoods” and end up “ sow confusion among even the products of the highest echelons of the American educational establishment” (Lipstadt 1993). She relates a story of a senior in…

had prophesied that He would be raised from the dead, as He did on numerous occasions, and it had not come true, then He would have been a false prophet. Therefore, the historical Resurrection is necessary to validate the beliefs of believers. Likewise, the Resurrection also helps confirm the Bible. If the Resurrection is a historical fact, then the testimonies of Yeshua’s post-resurrection appearances as told by Yeshua’s disciples and recorded in the Bible can be reliable. The book summarizes…

The decolonization of Race: The definition color line Racism and economic injustice still remains one of the top subjects that has been discussed throughout the world’s history. Voices of Decolonization a brief history with documents by Todd Shepard thoroughly examines the roots of these issues and concerns. In the preface to that work Shepard claims that decolonization repeatedly intersected with two other issues in the twentieth century. American writer and activist W.E.B. DuBois intersected…

In this chapter of Murray’s book, he examines gothic cathedrals as objects of desire and the relationships between these objects and their agents of its creation. Using Saint Denis as its main example, Murray uses the writings of three principle agents: the ecclesiastical patron, artisans and financers. For his example of Saint Denis, he focused on the writings, illustrations, and correspondence of Abbot Suger, Gervase of Canterbury, and Villard de Honnecourt. He begins by reflecting on how a…

Much of what Rousseau writes concerning the natural rights of man directly opposes the current states under absolutist control. Rousseau does not draw his idea of natural rights from political, religious, or historical sources, but rather bases them on nature and emphasizes the ideals of the “noble savage” and philosophically hopes to find a primitive paradise (Lecture 8/25). Rousseau states in the beginning of his social contract stating that, “…no man has any…

were probably all dangerous as well (Document A). Making her trips even harder, was the Fugitive Slave Act, this meant that if she was going to ensure that the slaves would be free, she had to take them all the way up to Canada. This added hundreds of miles to the already long journey they were making (Document A). Harriet must have known these routes very well and did a great job of keeping her missions extremely secretive as not much is know about them (Document B). Harriet managed to save…

that was given to her by her family; strung onto this necklace was a beautiful crystal. Even though it was not mentioned in any of the historical documents my group members and I viewed, this necklace played an important role in the storyline of the film. This significant piece of jewelry made…

The Secret History was written by Procopius during his lifetime, but after his other works. This was a work written for himself and close friends, which he never intended to publish. The Secret History shows a different side to the events that happened in the Byzantine Empire. This book shows a different side to many different, well know rulers in Byzantine. Procopius portrays Antonina to be a very scandalous person with very little morals who would cheat on her husband every chance she got.…