Duke of Lorraine

In the early modern court, the illusion of power could be just as important as power itself. If courtiers participated in the various performances of the court, they had the potential to gain significant amounts of influence and prestige. These types of courtly performances were shared by monarchs, courtiers and lesser figures albeit in sometimes very distinct manners. This performance of the court consisted of various different aspects, including: associating with influential individuals, royal

Maia Davis Orlando/4A English 2302 Research Paper: Aphra Behn In a time when very few authors - let alone female authors - could support themselves through their craft, Aphra Behn was a well known and highly regarded writer in London. She wrote many plays for the London stage, penned poetry, and wrote what some consider the first English novel (though others consider it a novella or a somewhat long short story). Much of her work decries the unequal treatment of women in her era, and she suffered

Hickory Dickory Dock Nursery rhymes are poems that have an underline meaning. Nursery rhymes were used in a way to relay a hidden message that spoke out against the British government. However, guardians and educators communicated the significance of nursery rhymes to children at a youthful age, asserting that they are critical for them to build up an urge for dialect, syllables, and rhythm. Individuals would think that nursery rhymes were sweet and innocent, but in-between those lines was a hidden

The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Vanity of Human Wishes The Vanity of Human Wishes ©2008 eNotes.com, Inc. or its Licensors. Please see copyright information at the end of this document. The Poem Samuel Johnson’s The Vanity of Human Wishes imitates, as its subtitle states, Juvenal’s tenth satire. The 368 lines of iambic pentameter in rhymed couplets do not claim to provide an exact translation but rather to apply the poem to eighteenth century England. While Johnson therefore feels free to

Post 1 - When Emperor Alexius I Comnenus was in power in 1095, Pope Urban II called together the Council of Clermont in France so that there would more help with defense against the Byzantines. He also called the military to go and take the Holy Land from the Turks. Post 2 - In 1096, Peter the Hermit, a French monk, led a group of peasants and soldiers onward to Constantinople. This came to be known as the People's Crusade. Post 3 - In 1212, the Children's Crusade began with two young boys -

the Rhine, but lost much of it after being found guilty of treason by Emperor Otto the Great. The family's fortune were restored by Count Radbot von Habsburg, the grandson of Guntram, who built Habsburg Castle and married the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine. The House of Habsburg gradually increased it's power though marriage and diplomacy, eventually becoming one of the most powerful families in Germany, gaining their Austrian Lands in 1282. Although there had been some Habsburg Holy Roman Emperors

Chevalier de Lorraine. Philippe allegedly told her that he could never lover her without the Chevalier’s permission. There was court gossip that Louis had fathered Henriette’s first child, however, Louis and Henriette started an affair the summer, Philippe and Henriette had married. In 1662, Philippe had finally ‘fathered’ a daughter, Marie Louise. Henriette was so disappointed that she reckoned she should be “thrown in the river” (Cartwright 115). In 1664, Henriette gave birth to a son, the Duke of Valois

A Raisin in, the sun deals with the trials and tribulations of the Younger family. Facing the struggle of culture identity crisis , racial integration, death and societal barriers. All of these and more are presented to the family in order to test their will and their drive for a better life then they live now. The setting is set in an old school styled chicago furnished apartment. at first glance it appears to be run down with holes in the kitchen tile. The surrounding seem dirty while the furniture

A Raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine was born in Chicago, Illinois where both of her parents were active in the black community. When young, she had big time social injustice names like Jesse Owens and Duke Ellington come to her house. “Her parents contributed large sums of money to the NAACP and the Urban League.” Lorraine and her family moved to a white neighborhood in Chicago and was attacked by the neighbors. Although they were attacked, the Hansberry family stayed

Although the bank wasn't doing so well, the Medici dynasty continued and family members served as dukes of Florence and grand dukes of Tuscany from the early 1530s to 1737.