Serfdom

Some Europeans believed that it was sent to the Jews for being sinners of God while others thought it was a sickness of the air or even the water. Due to the Black Death, there was a decline in trade, which also caused labor shortages, a decline of serfdom, growth of cities, and mass death, serving as a major theme in art and literature, being that much of the population…

According to youth for human rights “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” It has been around sixty years since people of the United State stood up against racial discrimination and it has been more than two hundred years since the slavery have been prohibited in the United state of America. People shouldn’t and wouldn’t be bound to slavery for any causes in term of self-esteem and human rights. In reality people differ but overall we are basically the same, the things…

“Life has become better; life has become more fun” (166). This is the chant that Stalin forced his people under his rule to proclaim…including the Ukrainians during the period of 1932-1933. During this time, the question of whether or not a mass starvation of an entire country of people would be considered as a true case of genocide? This has been the debate for the last half-century between the Communist Party in the Soviet Union and the Ukrainians.“The authorities of the period denied that a…

The freed serfs were able to buy up land and create a surplus of goods to export and ultimately help build up the economy. Therefore it is evident that another reason Alexander II decided to reform in Russia was that he knew just how much reforming serfdom would aid the economy and start to fast forward Russia’s backward…

Leo Tolstoy was one of the most famous writers of the 19th century, much of his influential writing are emboldened by his hate for new technology. Tolstoy writings and ideas coincided with the advent of industrial revolution, this shaped Tolstoy's work into a sort of juxtaposition with Tolstoy's reality being that of slow technological progress yet the reality of the situation being technology was limitless. Throughout Tolstoy's life he faced tragedy, yet this didn't have as significant of an…

8.1: Women in the Renaissance/Baroque I chose to write some information on Sophonisba Anguissola and Catherine the Great. Sophonisba Anguissola: She was one of the primary awesome female painters of the Renaissance. Her sexual orientation assumed a part in her commitments as she was not permitted as a lady to think about life systems or draw from life as it was viewed as inadmissible for a lady to see nudes. Disregarding these limitations, she needed to work with what she had utilized…

Napoleon Bonaparte, some would say he was one of the greatest warriors there ever was, a true hero. Others disagree and call him greedy, even cruel. There is no doubt, though, that he was one of the biggest names in history accomplishing many things for the French nation. Both as a ruler and an army officer Napoleon was able to restore the French nation and its people once again. So, In the end it seems that he was more hero then he was villian. Among his many accomplishments Napoleon was able…

Collectivism a peasants tentative opinion When Stalin started his, “revolution from above” in 1927 he had two goals for Soviet domestic policy. First, swift Industrialization, second the collectivization of agriculture (Library of congress collectivization). Collectivization brought the peasantry from privately ownership of small farms to larger collective government owned farms, kolkhoz. The wealthier peasants, the kulaks, strongly opposed this transformation in agriculture. Their vigorous…

During the time, Utilitarian rebels were resisting the Russian government and the teaching of religion, and were pushing for a social change. Dostoevsky was himself a part of this rebel movement, pushing to end the practice of serfdom, but found that such reckless and selfish behavior did not bring him happiness in life. After spending time in high security prison where he himself found refuge in the bible and various spiritual books, Dostoevsky realized the destructiveness of…

Feudalism was the embodiment of laws and customs that ruled economic, political, and cultural order of Europe after the reign of Charlemagne when a multitude of invasions by foreign powers all over Europe caused people to be willing to give up their rights and freedom for a measure of safety and security. Castles were made to protect the population, and the knights were the men who defended it. These knights would fight with their own horses at their own expense and in exchange for protection,…