Essays on Medieval Europe

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Chivalry and Courtly Love in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and First Knight

2 pages / 819 words

In this essay, we take a look at how the writers of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and First Knight use chivalry and courtly love, as well as taking a look at how one can use satire to easily ridicule the story of King...

Chivalry Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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The Protestant Reformation and Martin Luther King

2 pages / 739 words

Martin Luther’s To the Christian Nobility Of the German Nation effectively questions why religious clergy are superior to the common man. In this Luther is effectively inciting the Protestant Reformation. Not only does this train of thought represent the changing western mind, but it sets...

Martin Luther King The Protestant Reformation

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Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and Why Chivalry is Unattainable

4 pages / 1974 words

The backbone upon which the medieval romance “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” was constructed is the code of chivalry. Chivalry, in a modern context, may bring to mind the simple practice of being courteous to women. In a medieval context, though, it is the...

Chivalry Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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Codes of Chivalry in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

3 pages / 1491 words

Characters in the poems, Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, all believed in most of the honorable codes of chivalry. Characters within the poem Beowulf valued bravery, strength, loyalty, and beliefs. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight characters honored similar codes. Beowulf...

Beowulf Chivalry Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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Chivalric Code: How War Was Permanently Altered

2 pages / 861 words

When the chivalric code was introduced wars became lass barbaric, developing an honor-based system of warfare. Chivalry is characterized as, “a period of significant metamorphosis with an emphasis on lineage allegiance to one’s lord and violence”. Chivalry is known for of having deep routes in...

Chivalry Society

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The Effect of The Protestant Reformation on Healthcare

3 pages / 1431 words

The Protestant Reformation has impacted and reformed a variety of things such as science, religion, art our mentality and even reforming parts of healthcare. The Protestant Reformation has greatly impacted healthcare by increasing awareness of a new logical ideology and how it leads to the...

Church The Protestant Reformation Universal Health Care

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Art Experience: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3 pages / 1264 words

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world’s most prestigious art museums. It all started in 1866 in Paris, France. People from all over the world, especially Americans, wanted to begin a ‘national institution and gallery of art’ to allow people to view...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum Renaissance

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The Concept of Chivalry and Its Existence in Modern Times

2 pages / 904 words

While chivalry was characterized as an ethical, religious social code of noble and courtly conduct in medieval times, it has changed over time to be something less formal but still very relevant. The origin of chivalry “derives from old French as chevalerie, which is loosely...

Beowulf Chivalry

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Themes of Romanticism in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of The Red Death

3 pages / 1154 words

Introduction Edgar Allan Poe was a very mysterious man who objected to what was socially acceptable back in his time. Poe had a love for writing and not so much anything else. His work mainly centered around the literary movement known as Romanticism, having a...

Edgar Allan Poe Romanticism The Masque of The Red Death

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The Effect of The French Revolution on Art

1 page / 525 words

Introduction The French Revolution lasted around 10 years. It was a time of turmoil, despair, bravery, patriotism and violence. While the public of all classes (except the higher wealthier classes of course) were suffering and it was quite a dampening milieu, art was still a...

French Revolution

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Differences Between Ranks in The French Revolution of 1848

1 page / 646 words

The French Revolution of 1848 was the first of the revolutions happening all across Europe during the year 1848. The goal of these revolutions was to remove the old governments and create independent nations throughout Europe. The French revolution ended the July Monarchy (Louis Philippe)...

French Revolution World History

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The Causes of Imperialism in Africa

2 pages / 739 words

Imperialism is defined as one country’s domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country. In the late 1800s, Europeans colonized countries, traded slaves, gold, and many other various resources. One of the countries the Europeans colonized was Africa since Africa had an...

African American Imperialism

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Imperialistic Ideals in The "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

2 pages / 976 words

Heart of Darkness was a novella written by Joseph Conrad in 1899. This novella mainly talks about Marlow an introspective sailor, and his journey up to the Congo River to meet Kurts known as idealistic man of great abilities which he represent the European as...

Heart of Darkness Imperialism White Privilege

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Analyzing The Main Aspects in The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

3 pages / 1266 words

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, a story of a sailor who travels up the Congo River in search of the ambiguous and infamous Mr. Kurtz. During his journey up the river Marlow learns of the hypocrisy of imperialism and the truth of the white...

Heart of Darkness Imperialism

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Effects of Colonialism in Africa: Nigeria and The Congo

3 pages / 1181 words

Colonization in Nigeria and the Congo is one of the greatest atrocities committed by humankind. The system imposed by European powers, at its very own core, fomented all kind of abuses and violations, through policies that were dictated to comply with the economic demands from...

Imperialism Nigeria

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Parallels of Imperialism in The Film Avatar

3 pages / 1369 words

Imperialism began during the 19th century as a way to expand territories and continue the Industrial Revolution. Powerful nations like the United States and Britain took over less developed areas for several reasons. This age of Imperialism shaped the current world and is the sole...

Avatar Imperialism Racial Discrimination

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The Biggest Pandemics in History and How They Affected People’s Lifes

4 pages / 1898 words

The Biggest Pandemics in History are diseases that had a massive outbreak and killed a lot of people. It’s a disease that spreads worldwide and I’ll be talking about a couple that I found interesting, there are tons more pandemics that won’t be talked about....

AIDS Black Death

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How The Black Death Pandemic Affected The Lifes of People

2 pages / 777 words

Within the years 1346 and 1352, a lethal epidemic swept throughout Europe at an alarming rate. Centuries later, the pandemic was named the Black Death. This title originated from a mistranslation of the Latin expression ‘atra’ meaning both ‘black’ and ‘terrible’. Caused by the bacterium...

Black Death

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The Protestant Reformation and How It Affected European Countries and America

3 pages / 1547 words

The Protestant Reformation was a major movement in sixteenth century Europe initially aimed at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. The Church’s religious ambitions were supplemented with motivated political rulers who wanted to extend their power and control at the expense...

Catholic Church The Protestant Reformation