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Peter the Hermit and his People’s Crusade was an especially significant moment in European Christianity and a defining moment of the High Middle Ages, not only in the sense that it demonstrates how essential religion was in the lives of people at the time, but also in how it set the stage for the divisions; between people and their beliefs, between the West and the East and between Christianity and all other faiths. In the year 1095 Pope Urban II addressed the Council of Clermont in response to…

The Impact of the “Screaming Eagles” in WWII The “Screaming Eagles” is a nickname given to the 101st airborne because of the patches they wear on their shoulders depicting an eagle. The 101st was one of the most prolific and accomplished divisions of the army throughout the span of World War II. The 101st airborne played a pivotal role in the success of the Allied defeat of the Axis Powers. However, the success of the 101st came at a heavy price with over 14,000 casualties in just that division.…

What do the sources for this course tell us about Violence in the middle ages? The spread of Christianity and Catholicism was quite popular and at a large scale throughout the middle ages. One of the main evidence of violence was due to the several religious movements during this time. A huge amount of war was also created since the struggle between several nations for power was extreme as they wished to gain more land to succeed to have more power however the only way to achieve this was…

times, low flows may lead to higher pollution concentrations. There are implications for inland shipping due to rising water levels. The overall impact on inland navigation is negative, but region specific. For example, transport stoppages on the Rhine caused by increased annual flooding could have a substantial economic impact. [1] Climate change is expected to worsen many forms of water pollution, including the load of sediments, nutrients,…

The oldest treaty invoked as a part of the cause of WWI was the treaty of London in 1839, which secured Belgian independence and perpetual neutrality. The five of the biggest nations involved at the outset of WWI: England, France, Germany, Prussia, and Russia signed treaty of London. The British pursued the treaty in order to ensure that France would not annex Belgium, as well as to create a neutral buffer between the British Isles and Germany. In addition to the treaty of London in 1839,…

started the war. In The Treaty of Versailles they take land away they had no choice. Right on the cover of The Treaty of Versailles it said: “The Protocol annexed thereto, the Agreement respecting the military occupation of the territories of the rhine” (Treaty of Versailles). When they wrote The Treaty of Versailles. They were thinking about themselves no one else. The people that write it they were land hungry. They decided that they could take over Germany’s land since they started the war…

The Wars of Three Kingdoms War of Three Kingdoms was sparked by many different factors. There were 5 main sparks. Divine Right was the first spark. Divine Right was the belief that the King and Queen were chosen by God. This means that by disagreeing with the King, you are disagreeing with God. Parliament didn't like this idea, especially when the King started to make decisions without them. He was taking away their power. King Charles marrying a Catholic was the second. Since Henrietta Maria…

occupation was horse rearing and the use of iron was at large because of its availability in abundance. They started spreading across rapidly and by the end of the 1st millennium B.C. their cultural group had already spread up and down the Danube and Rhine, also covering Gaul, Ireland and Britain, across central Europe into northern Italy and northern Spain. Since most of the Celtic tribes used to do their journey’s across Europe, which…

during the battle of Remagen was the Ludendorff Bridge. The Ludendorff Bridge was a main supply route rail bridge and access bridge connecting the town of Remagen to the village of Erpel. It was also one of the last two standing bridges crossing the Rhine River which was approximately 350 meters wide at this location. As it was known to be a vital piece of infrastructure to both forces, both forces took extreme measures to protect as well as destroy the bridge. German forces tried to destroy…

Bright. I guess that is what the sun is, bright. The weather was a little warmer than where the Roman army and I had been whilst I was still a free man. But not as warm as my home. The new batch, my wife and I had just arrived and this was the first time I had ever seen Gladiators. The great Roman athletes of battle. Famed for their fitness and fighting abilities, but I knew they would be no soldiers, unable to keep formation, moving around great distances. An infantryman cannot do this. They…