Schaffner’s planet ruled by apes and the slavery of Man in Planet of the Apes (1968), Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian future where gangs rule the streets in A Clockwork Orange (1971), George Lucas’ futuristic dystopian society controlled by drugs and police robots in THX 1138 (1971), Boris Sagal’s end of the world plague and the last Man in The Omega Man (1971), Douglas Trumbull’s post-apocalyptic future and the last remaining plant life in
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shape. This along with a widespread devotion to the religion of Christianity, intermarrying of Romans and Franks, an increase of literacy rates, and an improving climate saw the Western Europeans become as civilized as the Romans had been. Putting it simply, they got soft. At this time a new horde of raiders from the north, the Vikings, were now making forays into Western Europe. As the Franks and Germans had pillaged and harassed the Roman Empire over three centuries earlier, the Vikings now did
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Charlemagne’s Achievements Charlemagne had many significant achievements during his reign in the Holy Roman Empire. One of his greatest achievements was his military conquests. He built an empire greater than any other since ancient Rome. Charlemagne led his armies against enemies in lands surrounding the kingdom. He fought Germanic tribes and Lombards in Italy. He conquered new lands to the east and the south. He was the first leader who was able to finally reunite Western Europe since the
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income, Frank moved to New York for himself, so he could make some money for him and his sister. His sister stayed in the country and it’s Frank who pays for her needs and her tuition. One day at work Franks boss asks him to send some letters. Frank says yes and now he ventures to find the mailbox at Forty-sixth Street. On his way he helps an old man and he gets invited inside the old mans house for dinner. During the dinner he is getting to know the old man more and more and it ends with Frank reading
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ordained as a bishop in Ireland and was instrumental in bringing Christianity to the islands. Clovis was converted to Catholic Christianity in 496 and under his leadership the Franks conquered the former Roman territories in God and in Germany. This created what was called the regnum Francorum which means the "kingdom of the Franks". The Frankish or Merovingian dynasty had dominated the Roman territory in Gaul and Germany by the middle of the 6th century. The church played a very important role in the
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To what extent did the creation of the Empire in 1804 mark a significant change in Napoleon’s rule of France? The empire was created in 1804 where Napoleon was crowned the hereditary emperor of France by the Pope. His empire consisted of the pays réunis; land ruled by France and the pays conquis, which were satellite states ruled by the French that bordered France and gave them protection and safety from invasion. Despite becoming emperor in 1804, Napoleon already had a lot of power with his role
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The Franks Fight For France In the 2nd century, Germanic tribes were entering Europe from Scandinavia. One of the most remarkable tribes of all was the Franks. This tumultuous people first arrived in the Roman Empire about 253 (Gascoigne). Before ending up in France, the Franks had started off in Gaul near the Rhine River. This tribe was actually established into two separate groups: the Salian Franks, located by the lower part of the river, and the Ripuarian Franks, found around the middle course
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In this passage, the life of Charlemagne is examined closely by his friend Einhard, in which he provided great examples of Charlemagne for future rulers, such as his son Louis, to follow the values of Christian kingship. Through Charlemagne’s life, he portrayed moral behaviors of appearance, family matters, education, church, and modesty, in which many lessons could easily be translated and imitated. Charlemagne was a very dedicated leader, who greatly valued appearance and modesty. In the passage
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Einhard used the Life of Charlemagne to legitimize the rule of Louis the Pious by establishing and transferring the legitimacy of his father Charlemagne’s rule. Einhard stated that his two reasons for writing this biography were to share the “splendid life” of the king (136) and to honor his relationship with Charles and his children (136). This almost certainly included a relationship with Louis since he was the clear heir to the throne for several years (145). This relationship and Einhard’s previous
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*Essays: * 7 sacrements (p.183) * Becoming a knight = knighthood (p.194) * Carlemagne & his empire (p.187-189) * what earned him the title of "great" Notes: * Vulgate - Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome * Sacrement - religious act that automatically grants grace * St. Patrick - spred gospel to Ireland * Boniface - spred gospel to Germany * Clovis - became head of the Frankish tribe in 481 * his capital was Gaul, which is known today
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