History of Western Society Sixth Edition Chapter 13 Outline I. The Evolution of the Italian Renaissance A. Economic growth laid the material basis 1. Cultural achievements of the 14th to 16th centuries 2. Northern Italian cities led the way 3. Advances in ship construction greatly increased the volume of goods that could be transported; improvements in the mechanics of sailing accelerated speed 4. Italian renaissance appeared in Florence 5. The economic foundations of
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least some of these shelters were inhabited by man for in excess of 100‚000 years. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30‚000 years old. MAURYA and SHUNGA PERIOD (Central India‚ 3rd – 1st century BC) 1. Column of Heliodorus The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 110 BCE in central India in Vidisha near modern Besnagar‚ by Heliodorus‚ a Greek ambassador of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas to the court of the Sunga
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Emma Allen To what extent are William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience a societal protest against the institutions of 18th century England? William Blake‚ born in the 18th century romantic period‚ was one of England’s most esteemed poets‚ as well as a recognised painter and printmaker. Two of Blake’s most famous collections are The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience‚ many of his poems are written in pairs‚ one in each collection‚ offering similar themes yet differing perspectives
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Oxford was founded in the 9th century when Alfred the Great created a network of fortified towns called burhs across his kingdom. One of them was at Oxford. Oxford is first mentioned in 911 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. According to legend‚ Oxford University was founded in 872 when Alfred the Great happened to meet some monks there and had a scholarly debate that lasted several days. In reality‚ it grew up in the 12th century when famous teachers began to lecture there and groups of students came
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The Mandolin The mandolin has been around since the end of the 16th Century‚ although it didn ’t look much like the instrument we know today. It evolved in the 18th century and was built in several varieties in different Italian towns‚ the Neapolitan mandolin becoming the representative type. It was played widely throughout Western Europe from around 1700 to 1810. In the late 1800s a stronger bowl back instrument was developed in Naples‚ Italy by the Vinaccia family. Known today as the Neapolitan
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In the 18th and 19th centuries many children worked in various jobs‚ most of which were dangerous and demanding. Nowadays laws have been put in place to stop this; however‚ it was not easy to change the laws surrounding children’s working conditions. One group felt strongly that the environment was too hazardous for children and yet the other disagreed. This lead to facts being exaggerated as to fit one side’s point of view and therefore sources can be biased or unreliable. It is hard to tell whether
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was capable of binding and holding in place materials used in the first bridges. This Bridge is one of four‚ corbel arch bridges part of a former network of roads‚ designed to accommodate chariot‚ in Greece. Dating to the Greek Bronze Age (13th century BC)‚ it is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and used. The greatest bridge builders of the old age were the ancient Romans. The Romans built arch bridges and aqueducts that could stand in conditions that would damage or destroy earlier
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12th-13th centuries ANNE FAVIER-TOWNSEND Saint Jean‚ Lyon 12-14th centuries Chateaux Château du Sou (Rhône) 14th century Chenonceau (Loire Valley) 16th century INTRODUCTION THO THE ARTS IN FRANCE 1 SELF ORIENTATION PROGRAMME JANUARY 2013 19th century buildings Eiffel Tower Arc de Triomphe 20th century buildings The Louvre Pyramid The Grande Arche de la Défense Literature Marie de France (12th century) FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILISATION 19th century buildings
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For the first ten years of colonization‚ Hispaniola was the only colony in the Caribbean where the Spanish settled. In the 16thcentury‚ Hispaniola was the centre of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean. It was known as the Pearl of the Caribbean. Just like in the other colonies‚ the Tainos thought that the Spaniards were gods and welcomed them into their villages. Columbus believed that Hispaniola had gold and forced the Tainos to work in the mines. Columbus also made the Tainos pay the Spanish
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Renaissance Criticism Submitted by R. Zothanmawia V Semester BA R/no: 1101BA005 MEDIEVAL CRITICISM The period between the Classical Age and the Renaissance is vaguely named the Middle Age or the Medieval Age. In England‚ this period spans eight centuries and historians place it from the year of composition of Beowulf in 725 AD to 1474 AD when Caxton published the first book ever printed. The only standard work that dealt with Medieval Criticism is English Literary Criticism: The Medieval Phase by
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