... For each of the explanations there are examples that can be proven an exception to the rule. For example, the changes to the legal procedure help to explain the growth of persecution. This evidence isn't absolutely conclusive. Those parts of the Holy Roman Empire, for example, which applied the Imperial ... the other hand, strongly Catholic societies like Spain and Italy were relatively free from witch-hunting. The best example of this concerns the attitude of the Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar, who investigated an outbreak of witch hunting in the Spanish Basque country. In contrast to his...

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... allowed Hitler to arm. And certainly Hitler has not missed such case and began to arm very seriously. Hitler used his newfound arms to support Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Hitler used the Spanish civil war as a testing ground for his idea of blitzkrieg. He also tested his very strong air force using them to bomb the republican city of Guernica ... . The allies saw this as an act of aggression and realized that their policy of appeasement was not working. They decided to stop Hitler's next advance. This though did not help Czechoslovakia, which remained under German control. By the su...

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... under major conflicts and major social revolutions. Civilizations thousands of years old were either fighting against fresh and aggressive powers (Arabs and later Ottomans), or fighting each other (English - Spanish wars, French imperialism e.t.c). Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodox Christianity were the worst enemies during 14th century, something that eliminated the "European unity- spirit. In other words, Europe was getting ... exploiting their land at the maximum. They were too weak and peaceful and their opponents were too advanced and hungry for wealth. After the result of Ind...

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... population being German, 2.4% being Turkish, and 6.1% being made up of "Other" groups such as: Serbo-Croatians, Italians, Russians, Greeks, Polish, and Spanish (yahoofacts, 2003) It's slight diversity in ethnic backgrounds is unified by it's language, as 99.8% of German citizens speak German as their primary language, ... even those who are foreign-born. Also 99% of Germany's population over the age of 15 is literate. Mandatory and free schooling is provided for children ages 6-18 in Germany. To satisfy the compulsory schooling requirement, pupils must attend a full-time school for 12 ....

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... industrial nation is losing valuable parts of what makes a democratic society work and prosper. Nearly ¾ of the population has a preference for a German only lifestyle is dangerous to the core of a free society. To think that the very openness of a Democracy may cause its demise in the sense that by implementing the party system which allows citizens to pick their own affiliation ... and help to shape the overall views of the party; a Democracy which has 70% of its people, its voting public, fundamentally against a foreign public being allowed to join the society is troublesome ... a ...

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