William Penn called on the leaders, Princes, and states of the continent to lead them into a future that would be peaceful. ... Nations representatives or princes would be able to bring issues in front of the whole body and determine the best possible approach. ... The European Parliament have 751 members directly elected from their countries, there are no princes, appointment, nor purchase of their membership any longer. ... A few benefits of this system would be the ability for travel throughout the separate countries, and would create strong ties between Princes and states. ...

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Portugal's Prince Henry the Navigator set up a navigational institution at Sagres. ... Also during this time, Prince Henry's explorers discovered that they could return to Portugal faster by using the westerly winds. ...

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The Reformation was a new radical time where religion was questioned and Protestantism was formed and became popular. The main leader was Martin Luther and it began in Germany. The ideas of Luther spread to a wide variety of people, and eventually moved across Europe. All types of people started ...

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Since Charles V, backed by the power of Spain, had been unable either to strengthen his authority at the expense of the territorial princes or to wipe out Protestantism, it was understandable that his immediate successors preferred to leave the constitutional and religious issues alone. ... Cordoba and Tilly claimed victory; they were unable to stop the Brunswick prince. ... Supported by Lutheran and Calvinist German princes, Christian mobilized a large army in the spring of 1625 and invaded Saxony. ...

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By the late 16th century, many influential political thinkers as well as princes and their advisors became convinced that absolutism held the only hope for the future. ... Jean Bodin's work 6 Books of the Commonweal 1576 originated a theory of modern sovereignty when he argued that "the first and chief mark of a sovereign prince" - the power upon which other people depend - was that he must be able to make law without consulting anyone else. ... These and other princes and their bureaucrats worked to impose reforms from the top down after 1740, but the philosophes provided only oe sourc...

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Prince Henry the Navigator's school for the study of geography and navigation also facilitated expansion on the part of Portugal. ... Prince Henry the Navigator funding Portuguese expeditions which led to his country's success in the spice trade. ...

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Another problem that aroused for Charles the 5th was that the Reformation had spilt MittleEuropa causing warfare between the Protestant German princes and the Catholics to the south. ... The French invaded Mittleuropa to rescue the Protestants therefore helping the German princes survive Spanish aggression. ... France, England, Netherlands, Sweden and the German princes were all effectively in a coalition to fight the Hapsburg Empire. ...

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The Renaissance From the 14th Century onwards there were many advances and developments made in Science medicene and art. The renaissance began in Italy spreading and influencing other parts of Europe, reaching England by about 1500. People looked towards Italy as the centre of new learning. People...

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Reasons for European Exploration At the end of the XV and the beginning of the XVI century began the Great Geographic Discoveries. The factors that contributed to the realization of all the discoveries were many but the main ones are the changes in politics, economics (trade), and the improvem...

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Brought back stories that led to an interest in other cultures. Brought back spices that led to food lasting longer. Brought back clothes that everyone wanted. The crusaders weakened the feudal nobility since they lost many of their lands to go on expeditions. The Byzantine power also decre...

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Historically, piercing has had a long history in Europe, with references dating back to the Victorian Court wore Prince Albert piercing ( piercing of the genitalia) as a " dressing ring" and was used to secure the penis to either leg with a string or thong, to suit the fashion at the time. ...

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First off history is a fact, event, or theory of the past. Iti's also the search for truth. It is a thing of high study today. Next we start off with a Us News and World reaport of people who claimed to found America. Tons of people have claimed in the past that they found America. Some of those p...

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There are many things that shaped and molded Europe's great history, but religion really tops the list of these factors. From the rise of Christianity, to the Reformation, Europe goes through various events that form it as it is today. When the might of the Roman Empire reached all the way to t...

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A skilled diplomat or an oppurtunitist, which term best described Bismarck's style of leadership between 1871-1890? Bismarck, who was mainly known as the Iron Chancellor", was both, a skilled diplomat and an oppurtunitist in his chancellor years 1871-1890. "Bismarck was a Machiavellian and immora...

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In his work Reflections, he wrote that acquiring more superficial or "decorative" skills such as good penmanship, dancing, singing, horse riding and dressing well would lend dignity to an educated man and help him to impress princes. ...

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Since childhood, traveling has always been one of my hobbies. In the summer of 2002, my four friends and I planned to take a seven day trip to Europe. Most of Europe lies in latitudes more northerly than New York, due to which it has warm, Atlantic currents with moderate temperature. The Alps can b...

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Prince Henry of Portugal brought together scientists and laboratories and a library as early as the first half of the fifteenth century, but such institutions became common only during the nineteenth century. ...

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History 185 Test #2 04-01-03 The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the era that paved the way for the creation of our modern day governments and societies, was an era of political and social revolutions. In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. England actually had two separate revolutions to deal with during this time of unrest. The French endured a long and bloody series of one single revolution also, and the world woul...

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