Saxony

direct links to God and Christ in which male lust is the fault of men, which is seen as un-Christlike” (Wetmore 18). Gallicanus is a satire that focuses on male lust and the conversion to Christianity. In the Benedictine monastery at Bad Gandersheim in Saxony, the noble women in the convent may have read Gallicanus and her other works aloud. There is little evidence to support or deny this possibility but “if they were performed, the performances marked an auspicious beginning for women’s plays:…

Charlemagne looked the other way the Saxons attempted to return the favor and this war later ended in a peace offering accepted by Charlemagne. The war between the Saxon and the Frankish was back and forth as Charlemagne was able to only convert so many Saxony to Christianity despite having so many resist. “Charlemagne the Christian is outraged by their pagan practices. From 772 he wages ferocious war against them, beginning with the destruction of one of their great shrines and its sacred…

Two Sides of the Same Coin Imagine a world in which there is little to no freedom or opinion. The ruling group regulates opinions, work, ambitions, ideas, interests, possessions, and almost every other aspect of life. There is no difference in opinion from the ruling group, because the leaders do not allow it. Any infraction or thought against the ruling group is punishable by death. Any “rebels” or “heretics” disappear and/or are used as examples. Almost no member of the general public sees…

Old English literature is also referred to Anglo-Saxon literature. The Anglo-Saxons were settlers from Germany that originate from the names Angeln and Saxony. The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for 600 years, from 410 to 1066. They went to Britain after the fall of The Roman Empire, around AD 410. Roman armies were needed, so they left Britain in the fifth-century to fight for their land. The Anglo-Saxons were basically their own leaders in the new land and did not contribute much, or anything to…

After a military success conquering Saxony on September 10, Frederick II, King of Prussia wrote on October 26, 1756, “The enemy apparently made more mistakes than my officers, to the point where, this year, we have succeeded. However, this whole campaign is but the arrangement of the chessboard. This coming year, the game will begin and it is a difficult task that I have proposed to myself to be wise still.” Frederick had now to await the forthcoming of the next campaign, when France, Austria,…

“So it goes.” These three words convey the fatalistic mindset of Kurt Vonnegut through the voice of Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five. The strength of Vonnegut’s novel lies in his own personal experiences, as he himself was an American prisoner of war, was captured in Germany, and then was transferred to the city of Dresden. Throughout the novel, Billy Pilgrim suffers flashbacks of the horrors of war, specifically those associated with the bombing of Dresden…

During a period in time known as the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was the subject to ample criticism and displeasure especially among low income families. The Great Schism or separation of the Roman Catholic Chruch into east and west, brought about feelings of distrust to a climatic level. Citizens all across Europe were began to lose their faith in the church's leadership especially with the Pope. A man Martin Luther who had spent his life dedicated to the monastery lifestyle ignited a…

In order to fully understand what it means to be categorized as a Jesuit institution of higher learning, it is important to understand the origins of the order itself. With an understanding of the foundational values that constructed the Jesuit order, a deeper meaning of the mission of the Jesuit’s as a part of Catholicism is established. The genesis of the order comes amidst the sixteenth century which was characterized by the revolution of the “new world.” During this period of transformation,…

Introduction Throughout history religion has been an influential factor in the way society and politics have evolved to this day. One of which; Christianity, it has had one of the most noticeable impacts on the world we know today. During the middle ages the Holy Roman Empire which was the embassy for Roman Catholicism was the strongest force of power and politics in the 1400’s . While the church had divine power over Europe it also abused its rule by monetizing faith and spreading it to the…

immediate stop to the war and sought a reengagement to the alliance. Unfortunately, Albrecht von Wallenstein’s pride had already been wounded causing him to immediately refuse the outdated offer. Albrecht von Wallenstein now looked to the Elector of Saxony for a friend and ally. Von Wallenstein played upon the resentment he knew the Elector to have for Gustavus power and prestige as the King of Sweden and promised to low both he and the Emperor’s stations. Albrecht von Wallenstein knew that no…