... and Latin the humanists studied philology (the science of the meaning and history of words). Philology became one of the two principal concerns of the humanists. The other was history, which they saw as the study of great actions taken by courageous, noble, or wise men of classical antiquity. Civilization The civilization of the Renaissance was the creation of cities or of monarchs able to draw substantial income from its urban subjects ... which England, France, and the Low Countries also did. The material foundation of ... ...

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... seven young women who fled Florence to the foothills of the countryside to avoid the plague. Although Boccaccio was not presented in Florence during the epidemic, he was present in other large cities that were devastated by the disease and was able to compile his most famous work. Throughout plague-ridden ... (Holmes p. 327). Governments hurried from one emergency to another, neglecting their long-range plans. The only people that seemed to benefit from the decline of the feudal system were the masons, apprentices, and rural laborers. Prices went up on goods and the lower class was force...

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... "t stand a chance against anyone. Ireland was being left in the dark while everyone else was achieving much higher status, until finally they had a moment of unforgettable glory. Barbarians began invading Roman cities and villages. Upon their entrance, they started to diminish the cities of their history and individuality. They were burning any book they could get their filthy hands on, and stealing valuable artifacts ... , although weak and futile, played a big role in saving civilization. I think Cahill did a very good job in explaining the way in which the Irish were able to actually s...

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... of the goods that were necessary. In most industries, before the Industrial Revolution, labor was done by hand. This was called the cottage industry. In the early 1700's, there was great demand for cotton cloth. In order to meet this demand people needed something to increase their output. This is when the Spinning Jenny and the water frame were invented. These two ... inventions cut time and expenses in half due to the lesser amount of labor that was needed. These inventions also left a lot of people that were used to working the land baffled. Another great ... much quicker than ever b...

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... feared throughout Europe. People thought that magic was an illusion created by the devil and was associated with worship of the devil. It was said to be two different kinds of magic: Black Magic and White Magic. Black magic was associated more with the devil and had satanic symbols. ... 1350. Because fleas carried by rodents transmitted the plague, it was worst in the cities, where many people lived close together and sanitation was poor. In some cities, the plague killed as many as two-thirds of the population. Every social group suffered, but the rural population and the wealthy, who ...

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... in Europe wanted to get away from their country. The chaos in Europe made refugees by the millions. All wanted to come to the U.S. There were legends of rich land, undiscovered mines, and fast growing cities. During the 1820's only about 500,000 people migrated to the U.S. Then, it began to increase. In the 1830's and 1840's, 2.5 million men, women, and children ... , persuaded the Japanese government to stop their people from immigrating. This became known as the "Gentlemen's Agreement". Years later, the Immigration Restriction League had finally obtained passage of the law that every I...

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... Looking at it on a personal scale this adage can take many true forms. Literally and figuratively, good fences can indeed make good neighbors. In today's society the average backyard of a home in the city has a fence. Sometimes it's a short, metal fence that's easily climbable. Sometimes it's a tall wooden fence that splinters your hands if you ... 't water their grass and they don't cut yours. Some are there for privacy as well. It's natural for people to not want others to be able to peek into their lives. This seems to bring the saying to an even more personal level, dealing not with ...

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The Industrial Revolution "the Industrial Revolution was no mere sequence of changes in industrial techniques and production, but a social revolution with social causes as well as profound social effects" Harold Perkin In Britain about two hundred years ago, great changes took place in making ... goods and transport which has moulded the way our world works today. These changes made big differences to many people's lives and work. This great change in the way people lived is called the Industrial Revolution. It was revolutionary because it changed the productive capacity of ... were made, it ...

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... goods they went to Italy for example, in the fifteenth century Florence was one of the most famous and beautiful cities in the world. There was a freat influx of new ideas and new ways of looking at the world and reivival in art and learning. This concided with the beginning of what is known as the Modern age in Europe. In the middle ages, people ... century was an Italian composer called Claudio Monteverdi. He used new techniques such as increasing the number of instruments in the orchestra. His innovations made a great impact on the deleopment of music after this period. Two of his mo...

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... depended on advanced social and political structures to maintain irrigation and flood control systems. Raids by nomadic herders forced farmers to live in walled cities for defense and to entrust their protection to aristocratic leaders. The invention of the plow about 3000 BC increased farm productivity and reduced the need for farm labor, freeing workers to become artisans. An increased agricultural yield ... into our own time. However that may be, the subsequent clashes between these different Indo-European subcultures seems to have given the peninsula two of its distinctive character...

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Germany's condition after the Second World War was harrowing. The destruction was evident; entire families were separated or destroyed, food was scarce, towns and cities lay in ruins, the economy had plummeted and unemployment was at an all-time high. Other European countries faced the same emergency; in fact, the blow to Europe had nearly ... to clear for Stalin, Attlee and Truman at the Potsdam Conference since the only thing they truly agreed on in this conference was the denazification.5 The division of Germany became official with the formation of two separate states in 1949: The Federa...

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... and educate the Irish people after his kidnaping. He was responsible for starting the first settlements as when he arrived there were no established cities or towns. Through his efforts Celtic Monasteries such as Clonard (c520) and Clonmacnois (c544) were established along with the first orphanages and first ... a patron saint of Ireland and was responsible for contributing to the establishment of two monasteries, that of Kildare (c500) also known as the Church of the Oak and that of Clonard (c520). Saint Bridget's feast day is celebrated on the anniversary of her death, February 1st. Ch...

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