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6 days ago · What is particularly special is that about half of the document was written by the martyr herself: Chapters 1–3 were penned by St. Perpetua while she was awaiting execution. Chapter 4 was written by one of her companions and fellow martyrs, Saturus.
Aug 29, 2024 · Sand Creek was defined as a "battle" based on the report of Colonel Chivington, but also because this is how all massacres of Native Americans were reported by the press of 19th-century USA. When Native Americans struck at US soldiers, the event was reported as a "massacre."
2 days ago · witchcraft, term usually applied to harm brought upon others through the use of supernatural or occult powers. The person engaging in witchcraft is called a witch, while the act of causing harm may be termed cursing, hexing, bewitchment, or maleficium.
Aug 28, 2024 · How did George Eliot use social history as the background of Middlemarch? How does the structure of Middlemarch illustrate contrast and assessment through its interconnected strands?
Sep 9, 2024 · Crusades, military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western European Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. The Crusades took place from 1095 until the 16th century, when the advent of Protestantism led to the decline of papal authority.
- There were at least eight Crusades. The First Crusade lasted from 1096 to 1099. The Second Crusade began in 1147 and ended in 1149. The Third Crusa...
- The Crusades were organized by western European Christians after centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. Their primary objectives were to stop the e...
- The First Crusade was led by Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Godrey of Bouillon, Hugh of Vermandois, Bohemond of Otranto, and Robert of Flanders, and the...
- The First Crusade, called in response to a request for help from the Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus, was astonishingly successful. The Crusader...
- The Crusades slowed the advance of Islamic power and may have prevented western Europe from falling under Muslim suzerainty. The Crusader states ex...
Sep 4, 2024 · He is renowned for his gracious and faithful shepherding, his unwavering allegiance to the truth of Christ, and for his death. To that lattermost end, at the age of eight-six, Polycarp died as a Martyr in his own city.
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3 days ago · Simone Adolphine Weil (/ ˈveɪ / VAY; [11] French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Since 1995, more than 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work. [12]
