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Starting in the 9th century, Muslim conquests in the West began to be reversed. The Reconquista was launched against Muslim principalities in Iberia, and Muslim Italian possessions were lost to the Normans. From the 11th century onwards alliances of European Christian kingdoms mobilized to launch a series of wars known as the Crusades, bringing the Muslim world into conflict with Christendom. Initially successful in their goal of taking the Holy land, and establishing the Crusader states, Crusader gains in the Holy Land were later reversed by subsequent Muslim generals such as Saladin; who recaptured Jerusalem during the Second Crusade. In the east the Mongol Empire put an end to the Abbassid dynasty at 11 | P a g e the Battle of Baghdad in 1258, as they overran in Muslim lands in a series of invasions.
embarked on what today is considered a continuous tradition of a red cross on white from 1277, whereas France displayed a white cross, first on a red, then on a blue flag. From this practice and time emerged the famous and significant cross flags, such as St. George's Cross (red cross on white), the Cross of St. Denis (a white cross on red) and the cross flag of the Teutonic Knights (black cross on white). The Crusader flag displaying a white cross on red, was originally used by Christians against the European `pagans', and later became the flag employed by the Holy Roman Empire in battle. The influence of heraldry on modern flags has been substantial, and the effectiveness of the symbolism has been reproduced due to the simplicity, distinctiveness and originality of heraldic colours and designs. The first cross flags indicated primarily that the military operations of the
House of Commons (middle class). Edward I became king at the age of 35. He was a fine warrior & won the respect of his subjects. He was very tall & strong and his nickname ,,Longshanks" referred to his long legs. He was married twice. From his 1st marriage (Eleanor of Castili) he had 15 children, his 2nd wife (Margaret of France) bore him 3 children. He had helped his father, Henry III, to govern since he was 12, and he had also been a crusader. He stamped out corruption in government. He also changed the legal system. Edward was made Overlord of Ireland. In 1282 Edward defeated & killed the last Welsh prince, Llywelyn, and offered his baby son to the Welsh people as their prince. The 14th cent. Was a disastrous for Europe as well as Britain. It was the time of plagues & wars. There was also a continous struggle between the king & his nobles. The first crisis came in 1327 when Edward II was deposed & cruelly murdered
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accord between them. Politeness – art exercised in company. Art – persuasive power setting a person on the path to virtue. Taste in the arts – important sign of refinement and cultivation, needed for the new „sociable man” described by Addison and Steele. Society should be humane and more cultured. Programme of the Spectator and the Tatler: bring this union of art and morality. Both credited with raising the culturl level of the English middle-classes. Steele: crusader for morality, Addison: purpose to introduce the middle-class to recent developments in philosophy and literature and so educate their tastes. Essays discussions on current matters, often in highly ironic and refined style. Development of the English essay, essayst could be honest observer and reader’s friend. 22. Augustan satire (Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson) Satire – fitted Addisons wider objective of trying to avoid the extremes of either Puritan enthusiasm or Restoration libertinism
She afraids that this gloryfication will send more children into more wars. But the subtitle is also historical allusion. In 1213 two monks decided to gather a army of children-poor, orphans, beggars-the wanted to sell the children to north africa as slaves, to clean europe. 30 000 children were gathered but the ships were horrible quality and half of them died and half of them were sent to be slaves. Billy is a childs name, grawny, like a crusader starts a holy mission, as a chaplain's assistans. He becomes perfect embodyment of vonnegut idea of baby in the war, a child in the war. Ofcoruse the novel isn't just about dresden, its much wider. Gives broader depiction of human nature. Billy becomes modern pilgrim, progressing through absurd world. He travels through an absurd world, except that the doesn't progress at all, he doesn't progress, doesn't go and achieve much and go very far. Innocent adam, falling into