Isabella of France

The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginning of Acadian Life In Louisiana, 1765-1803 As a descendant from the Acadians and growing up with the large influence of Cajun culture, discovering a historical work on how the culture of Louisiana derived seemed quite appealing. The author of the novel, Carl A. Brasseaux, is a historian of French Colonial North America, and is known for his many works on the history of the modern-day Acadian culture. The author was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, which…

The practice of scalping, the removal of the scalp from the head often to be used as a trophy, has long been one of the most enigmatic, contentious, and startling elements of early American history. Often distorted by Anglo-Saxon ethnocentrism, understandings of scalping, both past and present, have most commonly presented the practice as the embodiment of Indian savagery and cruelty. Much more than evidence of Indian warfare’s barbarism, however, scalping was a vital part of the nuanced and…

understanding of America; as what is promised, isn’t what is truly given to all. Freedom, in this case, is what the ideals promise, but, it is not what they give, not as long as the institution of slavery survives. In Eliza Harris, a poem written by Frances E.W. Harper, it is exclaimed, “Oh! how shall I speak of my proud country’s shame? / Of the stains on her glory, how give them their name? / How say that her banner in mockery waves - / Her “star spangled banner” - o’er millions of slave?”…

The Song of Roland, the classic story of Charlemagne’s most heroic vassal and warrior, is a tale that perfectly demonstrates the feudal values and military prowess of the people of the day. Feudal society depended on the principles Roland believed in. The warlike spirit was personified through his sword, the Durendal, which holds great significance in Catholicism because it holds relics of saints and other prized artifacts. As it was the ultimate symbol of power and authority, Roland felt grave…

Fargo is a dark crime comedy released in 1996, directed by Joel Coen; written by Joel and Ethan Coen. The cast includes: Chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand); Jerry Lundegaard ( William H. Macy); Carl Showalter ( Steve Buscemi); Gaear Grimsrud ( Peter Stormare); Wade Gustafson ( Harve Presnell); Mike Yanagita ( Steve Park) The opening of the movie described the balance, by showing a snowy / aggressive weather condition in Minnesota and North Dakota. Main Characters were introduced as a…

The Habsburg family was a major power throughout Europe for nearly 750 years. They managed to move themselves up from being just a family with a castle to one of the largest empires Europe has ever seen. Throughout their reign, the family saw some losses of land, but many more gains. They fought battles against their major enemies, the French and the Ottomans. They married nearly every royal family in Europe, until there was no more room left to expand. With hard work and intelligence, the…

Both of her parents died within a month of her birth, and at age nine she was sent to live in a convent until she was ready to marry. When she was 14, her great-uncle Pope Clement VII arranged to marry her to the second son of Francois I, King of France, Henri II. The King and the rest of the French public quickly realised that Catherine’s rank was somewhat low to be marrying a prince, and that her dowry should have been larger. However, Francois I…

France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…

Strategic Information Systems 1. How does e-Enabled create value for Boeing? Value is defined as the distinction between the opportunity cost of the supplier and the willingness of the customer to pay. Value is defined as the distinction between the opportunity cost of the supplier and the willingness of the customer to pay. Boeing was leading airplane maker in 2004 and for decades it had dominated the global aviation market. However, as the industry reached maturity, European-based…

Even though the new deal was established twenty-five years after the Triangle incident, the New Deal’s purpose was to help with economic recovery, job creation, investment in public works and civic uplift. Frances Perkins is the women behind the New Deal. She stood there and witnessed the madness caused by the fire: the smoke, the screams, the instant deaths. The tragedy impacted her a great deal that it motivated her to make a difference. So, she became an…