Ebonee Plummer HIS 101 Dr. Kevin Greene November 21‚ 2013 8.4 Fulcher of Chartres‚ “Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont” As the crusades began‚ Christians gathered to hear the insightful speech given by Pope Urban II in which he was able take unruly knights and give them a common enemy to fight. The enemies were the Muslims and Turks who were attacking the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Land. Urban II’s speech gave insights to the knightly class who were engaging in warlike tendencies and encouraged
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0048-3486.htm Skill shortages‚ recruitment and retention in the house building sector Linda Clarke and Georg Herrmann Westminster Business School‚ University of Westminster‚ London‚ UK Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how internal and external labour markets operate in the construction sector‚ associated with different strategies taken by firms in recruiting and retaining particular
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Corruption‚ in one form or the other‚ is a worldwide problem and harmful to public interests. In this thesis an effort is made to define corruption‚ its main causes are discussed and its many harmful consequences for economic development and governance. In this connection the main emphasis is on the links between corruption and internationally recognised human rights standards‚ i.e. how corruption can lead to violations of human rights and undermine the protection they are supposed to provide and
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The Jews were persecuted and slaughtered in the first crusade due to the religious rationale that the Crusaders were able to justify. The Jews were perceived as the murderers of Christ‚ low their involvement as bankers‚ and infidels for settling in with the Seldjuk culture. These major “vices” qualified the Jews to be slaughtered by the Crusaders through the Just War written St. Augustine of Hippo. St. Augustine of Hippo’s work on the Just War was a vastly important document in the rationalization
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Newspaper Cutting Exercise Villagers Dig In To Save Their Land From South China Morning Post (Friday‚ September 14‚ 2012 C5) Summary Recently in Kwu Tung‚ which locates in the northern reaches of the New Territories‚ is undergoing a redevelopment project by the Hong Kong government. The residents who live in Kwu Tung were asked to make way for modern housing complexes‚ that include European-style‚ low density houses for 65‚000 people in twenty years’ time. The Kwu Tung development concern
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Poverty is a serious problem in Hong Kong as there are 1.7 million people living under the poverty line set by the Hong Kong Government. The significance of studying poverty is to increase the awareness to the society. If people cannot sustain their lives under extreme poverty‚ it will cause many social problems such as crime and unhealthy babies. Poverty consists of two types‚ that is‚ absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty refers to the inability to afford the basic needs such
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Enfield Summary Enfield is a small inner west Sydney suburb that is 13 kilometres from the CBD. The most popular amenities include the Olympic-sized pool‚ Henley Park‚ and the harmonious lifestyle the locals enjoy. Liverpool Road is lined with small‚ locally owned businesses‚ shops‚ and eateries for the residents here. If they want more than what is provided in Enfield‚ they are a short walk to Burwood‚ Ashfield‚ or Strathfield‚ where there is more than enough shopping‚ dining‚ and entertainment
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The location of sovereignty in the UK in recent years has reduce from one single power and devolved into many unions‚ treaties and nations within the UK and abroad. Power has been devolved from a single sovereignty parliament in the UK to a-multi sovereignty in the UK and its nations. Scotland has played a bigger part in receiving sovereignty‚ for example‚ the electoral system devised for Scotland was to ensure that extremist (Scottish Nationalist Party) could never come to power‚ but they have‚
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Throughout his epistles the apostle Paul employs very specific phraseology to explain the weakness of false religion. The difficulty of explaining the phrase he uses–in its various contexts–is that he uses it with regard to two seemingly opposed worldviews. In Col. 2:8 the phrase “κατὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου” (“according to the elementary principles of the world”) clearly has reference to the erroneous and vain attempt to structure reality through means of human philosophical speculation. This is
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Discuss the military‚ political‚ social and economic strengths and weaknesses of Rome by 264BC The Romans had a basic law of sorts‚ called the laws of the Twelve Tables. This governed a lot of Roman daily life and proceedings‚ and was the basis of a sort of equal rights scheme for the plebeian class. In addition to this‚ the Lex Hortensia‚ passed in 287BC‚ further blurred the distinctions between plebeians and patricians. The twelve tables‚ and any laws passed by a plebeian assembly‚ would now be
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