As a consequence many canons throughout Christendom renounced property and established quasi-monastic groups which formed the basis of the order of Augustinian Canons. ... The Dominicans insisted on absolute poverty, rejecting the possession of community property and becoming, like the Franciscans, a mendicant order. It was not until 1425 that permission to hold property was granted to certain houses by Pope Martin V; it was extended to the entire order by Pope Sixtus IV in 1477. ...

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In 1807, the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed; however it did not outlaw slavery completely - it only ensured that Britain did not partake in the slave trade. ... Nevertheless, a number of social groups: white middle-class campaigners, emancipated slaves and the white working-class, continued to fight for the abolition of slavery to eventually get the Slavery Abolition Act passed in 1834 which stopped all slavery. ... He made a speech in the House of Commons in 1792 in which he said, "I know of no evil that has ever existed worse than the tearing of 70,000 or 80,000 people each year...

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The Irish banking sector, like so many around the world, came under extreme pressure in 2007 and 2008 following the fall of the construction industry and an end to Ireland's property growth. ... The understanding of how to do elaborate knitting is not being passed down from generation to generation due to the change in today's world; an entire region of Irish popular culture is changing day to day ( Harriss, 2005). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate