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The Holy Roman Empire was a feudal empire that contained present-day Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland , Austria, the Czech, and Slovack Republics. In 1512 "Holy Roman Empire" of the German nation became the title of the empire. It went through Central Europe between the Kingdom of France, the west, the kingdoms of Hungary, Poland, and to the East. On the North Side it was surrounded by the Baltic and North Seas, by the Danish Kingdom. The history of Holy Roman…

My biography is about an inventor named Johannes Gutenberg which is short for Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg was born in the year of 1395 in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg's nationality was German. He was born in a modest family. I do know he had siblings, but I could not find any information about their names or anything else. Gutenberg was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and Else Wirick zum Gutenberg which was his father's second wife. He got the name…

the Napoleonic wars. Later, in 1840, he earned his bachelor degree in arts at the Royal College of Besançon. Then, in 1847, he earned another bachelor's degree in science. In 1848, he actually became a professor of chemistry at the University of Strasbourg. There he met his wife, Marie Laurent. Together, they had five children, but only two survived. One of Louis’s most famous contributions to science was his help to produce the first vaccination for rabies. He had successfully tested the…

Have you ever heard of an unsolved mystery called the “Dancing Plague”? The “Dancing Plague” began on July of 1518, Strasbourg France. The phenomenon of mass, frenzied dancing affected large populations in various parts of France. The “Dancing Plague” will most likely remain forever unsolved due to the fact that there are so many possible causes, the technology was not advanced enough at the time, and there is not very much evidence because it was so long ago. It all started with a woman…

countless illegal parties hosted by her friends, where she met a man named Reza who was a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War. She married him at 21 but they divorced a couple of years later. Satrapi moved to France after college where she studied art in Strasbourg and married Mattias Ripa, a Swedish national, then moved to Paris. She was introduced to graphic novelists and realized she could tell stories and make serious points. Inspired, she created a book of comic strips about living a childhood in…

on their similarities. It was written apparently in 1873, and was republished in 2001. The author, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, was a French historian who was born in 1830 and died in 1889, and was a history professor at the faculty letter of Strasbourg, where he later wrote the book. He also wrote two theses, of which he called “Quid Vestae cultus in institutis veterum privatis publicisque valuerit” (“The Power of Why do you wear the service of the public or private institutions of the…

I am saddened to admit that I have not had the opportunity to emerge myself in captivating piece of literature. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is notable for its strong language use, plot development, and the critical lessons readers take away. In the first few pages that I have embarked on exemplify all these qualities that intrigue the reader to continue on. Since the inception of the book, I have already taken away some very powerful meanings and life lessons. One of these lesson…

Johannes Gutenberg created the first movable type printing press during the Renaissance based on a failed business. His invention become a huge hit and greatly assisted with scientific practices by mass printing books. Johannes Gutenberg created the printing press after a failed business venture. “Nearly 600 years before Gutenberg, Chinese monks were setting ink to paper using a method known as block printing, in which wooden blocks are coated with ink and pressed to sheets of paper” (Palermo).…

before arriving in America) and practiced a similar religion, a Pietist, as the groups mentioned above. He had studied theology and law inside some of the best German universities of his day, including the University of Altdorf, the University of Strasbourg and the University of Jena, graduating around…

One of the key figures in church history is John Calvin. John Calvin is someone who radically changed the early Christian Church. Similar to Luther, Calvin was someone who drove the Reformation forward. Calvin however had slightly different beliefs from Luther, especially when it came to the sacraments. This paper will explore who John Calvin was, how he differed from Luther, and what his main teachings were. The doctrine of Calvinism helped shape the early church, and is still held true by…