Tag: world history

Cultural Expression During The Middle Ages During the entire Middle Ages Latin served as an international means of communication. This common tongue provided much of the cohesion of the Middle Ages, for virtually all the crucial communications of the church, governments, and schools were in Latin. B...

Sojourner Truth 1797(?)-l883 Born Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth was one of the earliest and most passionate of female abolitionists-for she herself had once been a slave. In the 1820s, when still quite a young woman, she escaped from her New York owner after being brutally treated and sold awa...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part VThe justiza or justiciary of Aragon has been treated by some writers as asort of anomalous magistrate, created originally as an intermediate powerbetween the king and people, to watch over the exercise of royal authority.But...

From Colonies To Nations Author: Various By the late 18th century, the Creole elites expressed a growing self-consciousness as they began to question the policies of Spain and Portugal and the very necessity of remaining in a colonial relationship. At the same time, these elites were joined by the ...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IIIThe contributions granted by cortes were assessed and collected byrespectable individuals (hombres buenos) of the several towns and villages. ^uThis repartition, as the French call it, of direct taxes is a matter of thehig...

Calvinism Civilizations Past And Present "Here I Take My Stand" The Second Reformation While Anglicanism and Lutheranism were developing as state churches, other forms of Protestantism were emerging in western Europe. Calvinism was the most popular and most conservative of these, but there were ma...

Evolution Of The Dogeship In Venice Author: Hazlitt, William Carew The Lombards and Venice 697 The early authentic history of Venice is intimately connected with that of the Lombards, of whom the first mention is made by Paterculus, the Roman historian, who wrote during the first quarter of the fir...

American Civil War Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Warren W. Hassler, Jr.: Emeritus Professor of American History, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Author of Commanders of the Army of the Potomac and others. The naval war While the Federal armies actually stamped out Confederate land ...

Babylonia, A history of ancient Babylon (Babylonia) including its cities, laws, kings and legacy to civilization. The last kings of Babylonia Awil-Marduk (called Evil-Merodach in the Old Testament; 561-560), the son of Nebuchadrezzar, was unable to win the support of the priests of Marduk. His reig...

Discovery Of NeptuneAuthor: Lodge, Sir OliverDiscovery Of Neptune1846Among modern astronomical discoveries none has been regarded as moreimportant than that of Neptune, the outermost known planet of the solarsystem. It was a rich reward to the watchers of the sky when this new planetswam into their ...

Dawn Of Civilization B.C. 5867 Author: Maspero, G. C. C. It is a far cry to hark back to 11,000 years before Christ, yet borings in the valley of the Nile, whence comes the first recorded history of the human race, have unveiled to the light pottery and other relics of civilization that, at the rat...

Union Of Denmark, Sweden, And NorwayAuthor: Sinding, Paul C.Union Of Denmark, Sweden, And Norway1397Canute the Great, King of England and Denmark, by successful wars addedalmost the whole of Norway to his dominions. At his death in 1035 hiskingdoms were divided, and fell into anarchy and discord for...