... were primarily concerned with the contents of artistic creation. (Hays 36) 5 Some of these creations that were of 'primary concern' were those of the knowledgeable philosophers Plato and Plotinus (Thompson 39). Once these great thinkers' works were translated, they became common place with the educational system of the time. "Leone Battista Albertie marks the turning point in combining humanist learning with ... "Erasmus of Rotterdam," a theologian and humanist from the Netherlands, and of "Ulrich of Hutten," a German humanist and publicist, as well as the "Epistolae obscurorom virorom,...

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... that they should pay dearly for their transgressions. The European Allies" true motives became increasing clear. Historian Anthony Wood, in his book Europe 1815 - 1960, commented the "spirit of revenge" that the Europeans possessed : The fundemental significance of Versailles was emotional rather than rational. Allied statesmen, urged on by the pressure of public opinion, had made peace in a spirit ... Georges Clemenceau was the Premier of France. Like the British, the French despised the Germans. Nationalistic tensions, resulting from French defeat in the Franco - Prussian War, fueled th...

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... was mainly preoccupied by its national security. Clemenceau, the French President, wanted a German power that was reduced so it could never threat France again. It was thought that France deserved revenge and security against future German aggression. This was seen in the Clemenceau's aims of the Treaty of Versailles. "Clemenceau wanted a demilitarized Germany, vast German reparations to pay for the costs ... of the war, and a separate Rhineland as a buffer state between France and Germany- However, the importance of the desire of revenge that both France and Great Britain shared in com...

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... import coal from other countries. This meant France had to compete with Germany in Morocco because the place was rich in mineral resources. The last long term factor is revenge. France wanted revenge on Germany from the Franco-Prussian War in the years 1870 and 1871. During this war Germany had claimed French land, Alsace-Lorraine as their own and France were ... not happy at all about this and wanted revenge. The first short-term factor I would like to put across was the war plans which I also think was the least important factor. All major European countries had drawn up war ... ...

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... aggressive and they also dreamed of having their own south slave state, and Russia over the past years was decreasing the Ottoman Empire borders by invading them and they wanted revenge for that. The feverish nationalistic attitudes swept through Europe starting at the conclusion of the French Revolution. Peoples with like ideologies and cultures not only wanted to live together, they ... the central powers, which consisted of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary and the allies consisted of England, France, and Russia. So to me, the war started because Austria-Hungary wanted revenge for ...

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... people as it is an account of the first anti war demonstration in which thousands of people told the government "We want peace! Give us back our husbands! Give us back our fathers and husbands!" British living standards did not collapse as they eventually did in Germany and this meant that by the end of the war there was not widespread malnutrition ... ...

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... him to achieve his goals; women as a result were more willing to meet the terms of such a program. At school, girls were taught to have children and look after their husbands. They were taught not to smoke or diet, as it could influence their ability to have fit children(germanculture.com). The perfect German women needed to have blue eyes, sturdily ... distinct from general political, social, or economic questions, did not seem to have been crucial in determining how women voted. Many women also seemed to have been influenced by their husbands, fathers, or priests as to how they should...

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... why there was a nationalist movement, first the situation of the individual German states in 1815 has to be understood. In 1815 there was not a unified German state. Instead there were 39 separate German states which were set up by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. This loose association of independent states was called The German Confederation ... of the Bund. Before the war with Napoleon there had been 300 individual states, When Napoleon invaded these states he rearranged them into only 39 larger states, this was very close to how the were organized by the ...

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... until people were booking them in advance sometimes up to even a week. Though they was always a risk involved with touring through Europe one case Wolfgang, ill with something diagnosed as "scarlet fever rash- but with the help of local physicians he was back on his feet in just a couple of weeks. While they were in Italy "Mozart wrote a group of symphonies ... ...

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... was that the Treaties were made to fit different political views. The big 3 had much different opinions; Georges Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany at the harshest way possible to take revenge on what they did to them. Lloyd-George was a middleman between the harshness of Clemenceau and the new liberal ideas Wilson had, but Lloyd-George also wanted to achieve a balance ... final treaty was between both, more associated with Clemenceau's idea, but that didn't work because it didn't gained no security for France that Germany was so weak they couldn't take revenge; and Germany fell into h...

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... the soil faster than they could be replaced. The soil had become exhausted. The Treaty of Versailles was not a justified treaty, which created German feelings of revenge and dislike towards the victorious countries. This feeling of revenge felt by Germany, in addition with the social atmosphere of Europe, led to a second World War in the September of 1939, just 11 years after ... ...

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... for childbirth. From a young age German girls were told they have a specific role and that was that they should be good mothers brining up their children at home while their husbands worked. There was a constant flow of propaganda posters showing the ideal women, she would be naturally beautiful, curvaceous and have many Aryan children. For girls they were, from a young age ... ...

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... in the war era without fathers, brothers, and grandfathers. Other children were never given the chance to meet their fathers before they were slaughtered in trench warfare or taken prisoner. Husbands, sons, and other loved ones were taken from innocent citizens by the most extreme act of hate and misunderstanding; war. The cliche "In every cloud there is a silver lining" applies ... ...

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... to the Reserve Police Battalion 101. Most of the men were from lower orders of German society and very few were economically independent. The average age of the men was 39 and over half were between the ages of 37 and 42. These men were considered to be too old for the German army but not to old for reserve police ... ...

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... between men and women also heightened. Married women in Britain and Germany were forced from the work place by legislation because they were said to be "double earners" as their husbands also had an income. In some cases women were the preferred sex to hire because they were cheaper to employ and more prepared to work part-time. Malnutrition was yet ... ...

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... bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man," was used. Even though the bomb missed the target by over a mile and a half, it still leveled nearly half of the city. In one split - second 39,000 people were killed and over 25,000 were injured. In both of these explosions, only 1/10th of one percent of the explosion was utilized(Documentation 3). The damage of one ... ...

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... to the Reserve Police Battalion 101. Most of the men were from lower orders of German society and very few were economically independent. The average age of the men was 39 and over half were between the ages of 37 and 42. These men were considered to be too old for the German army but not to old for reserve police ... ...

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... states, ranging from tiny city states to large and powerful kingdoms such as Prussia and Austria. Although under Napoleon the number of states was significantly reduced from over 390 to 39, most German people still felt it illogical and impractical to have a common people scattered and restricted in so many states. They longed for a sense of national identity and pride, and ... ...

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... . This was smart as these were where, the masses who would vote Hitler and his Nazi's to power. Hitler appeals to women in a propaganda poster: "Appealing to women with unemployed husbands, reminding them about their starving children, during the depression." Historian Stephen Lee's opinion in the matter is that the Hitler and the Nazis had three main ways of application forces ... ...

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... ) that affected the group: The Hitler Youth program had three different phases, the early years (1925-32) when they had to compete with other youth groups; the Government years (1933-39) when independent groups were supressed and young Germans were indoctrinated in preparation for the War; and finally the War years (1940-45) when the Hitler Youth played an important part ... ...

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... ) that affected the group: The Hitler Youth program had three different phases, the early years (1925-32) when they had to compete with other youth groups; the Government years (1933-39) when independent groups were suppressed and young Germans were indoctrinated in preparation for the War; and finally the War years (1940-45) when the Hitler Youth played an important part ... ...

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... Nazi organization of Germans resident in Switzerland."(Gilbert, 25) To a Nazi, the assassination was the perfect motive to start a massacre against the Jewish population, because "In a surge of revenge for the murder of a German Diplomat in Paris by a young Polish Jew" (All Vienna's Synagogues Attacked.) On November 8 of 1938, a national action to terrify the Jewish community was deliberate ... ...

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... was being signed and swears to get vengeance on the Allies. "Vengeance!" implies that the Germans were very angry and unhappy about the treaty and wanted to get revenge, showing their extreme discontent. "Disgraceful" suggests that the Germans were ashamed and let down by their government. "To which it is entitled" conveys that the Germans ... ...

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... brutality of the war. Paul is enraged by the hardships of the war and what it has turned him into, and results to destroying and killing as an act of revenge. Due to the overwhelming violence and ferocity of the war, Paul and his comrades have been forced to ignite their primitive sides in order to survive, and ultimately lose their ... ...

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... reaction to Italy's Abyssinian invasion alongside the invasion of Manchuria. The Abyssinia crisis was an invasion piloted by Head of Italian government, Mussolini who wanted to take over Abyssinia and revenge tribesmen for a humiliating defeat in 1896. The Abyssinian emperor Haile Selassie appealed to the league for help but the league took a long time to make decisions and the British and ... ...

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