Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse is about a Jewish girl named Rifka, who knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia in 1919. In her own imagination, she will be at last safe from the Russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the Jews in the new country. However, Rifka caught ring worm when their family were transferring from Poland to America. Therefore, she was told to stay in Europe until she was totally cured. After dealing the disease, Rifka was finally allowed to continue her
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with a field crew on the restoration of the Palatine Chapel, in Germany when a great historical document was unearthed. The document was a narrative written by the Barbarian, Einhard; a fostered son as well as loving and loyal subject to King of the Franks, Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great. This piece of history was Einhards endowment to the legacy of his great king. It was once quoted by the Roman Orator, Cicero, “It is an outrageous abuse both of time and literature for a man to commit
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Catholic Schooling is a significant issue in the early American history. After Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, the English people, French, and Spaniard extended their territories and assimilated Indian by assigning missionaries and governors to develop Catholic schools in the New World. The Catholic schools in European colonies were established not only for educating European¡¦s own Catholic descents but also for making Saint Mary and Jesus Chris known by Indians. Spanish priests had accomplished
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French Historical Foundation Important Event Timeline: In ancient times France was part of the Celtic territory known as Gaul or Gallia. Its present name is derived from the Latin Francia, meaning "country of the Franks," a Germanic people who conquered the area during the 5th century, at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It became a separate country in the 9th century. (Noin) France’s earliest attempt to stake a claim in the new world occurred in 1534 when French sailor Jacques
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The Song of Roland is an ancient text containing many examples of chivalry, an attribute that is often associated with knights meaning to be courteous, generous, and to have valor and dexterity. Roland sets a remarkable standard for chivalry throughout this excerpt, despite his shortcomings we find in laisse 131 where, prior to the battle, he fails to call for assistance from Charlemagne out of obstinacy. He makes up for this by sounding the oliphant to call for help until his temple busts. Undeterred
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Next arrives Michael Edward Moore’s Bishops and the Rise of Frankish Kingship, 300-850, written in 2011. His importance to the field entails his interweaving of several important concepts. He heavily looks at the rise of the Frankish Church, the manner in which, the Carolingians gained their power, and the usage of the speculum principum in the daily lives of the monarchs. With the reign of Louis the Pious, the religious ideal of kingship and the vision that the Frankish Kingdom was a sacred kingdom
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“He used to wear the national, that is to say, the Frank, dress-next his skin a linen shirt and linen breeches, and above these a tunic fringe with silk; while hose fastened by bands covered his lower limbs, and shoes his feet, and he protected his shoulders and chest in the winter by a close-fitting coat
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Director Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse biopic, Amy: The Girl Behind the Name, is set to air at the Cannes Film Festival this May and in theaters across the UK on July third; that’s if of course her father (Mitch Winehouse) doesn’t get his way. Mr. Winehouse, who recently viewed the first edit of the documentary based on his daughter, was none too pleased with the way he was portrayed in the film and plans to sue for deformation of character as soon as the biopic is released. The film, which Mr.
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therefore power, for the Franks as time progressed (239). Turning to his personal life, Charlemagne studied multiple languages and, in the last years of his life, was learning to write; he was just as rigorous in the quest for personal improvement as in the challenge of
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worked as a cab driver and her mother Janis was a pharmacist. Her upbringing was surrounded by jazz, some of her uncles were professional jazz musicians and because of this musical background she grew up listening to a diverse range of music from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def and Nas. Amy Winehouse vocals are in a jazz-blues, soul and funk; her beats reflect hip-hop and R&B. She was the first British female artist to ever win five Grammys
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