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    revolt, were led by reformer Thomas Muntzer. The Peasant Wars were regional rebellions pertaining to ownership of land, agriculture and rural matters, and the Reformation had a major influence. Common people began to question the Catholic Church after Martin Luther translated the Bible into German. Church reformers such as Huldrych Zwingli and Thomas Muntzer further convinced them they had equal rights

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    Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724 in Konigsberg, East Prussia. The son of a harness maker and grandson of a Scottish emigrant. Kant remained the town of Konigsberg all his life. He was educated at the Collegium Freidericianum, the local high school and later the University of Konigsberg. He completed his baccalaureate studies in 1746 and after that he worked as a tutor for several local families. While working on his master’s degree Immanuel maintained his studies while working as a tutor

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    The Catholic Church has been involved with many allegations of child abuse and molestation. The incidents aren’t contained to a specific church or country, the abuse has been reported globally. As the years go by an increasing number of people continue to come forward to report allegations of sexual abuse, it is unclear exactly how many people have been abused over the years. It wasn’t until 1985 that there became public awareness about the sexual abuse cases, the case of a Louisiana priest named

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    The Dutch Revolt reading discusses the time of the Spanish inquisition and the inquisitors’ power over Spain. This article is more of a historical essay than a theoretical one, like the second reading of John Locke. The first reading discusses the political struggles between 1568- 1648, where under the rule of King V’s son Philip II, the society suffered from the tyranny of the monarchy. Under this rule, religion (Christianity) was forcibly imposed on the people. People were deprived from their own

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    The Shift From Faith to Reason Faith and Reason are two completely different ideas that actually connect to each other in various ways. But, believing in one may be better than believing in the other. The drastic shift from faith to reason in the Middle Ages was caused due to events and new ideas that were spread and that changed many views. The European’s view on the world was now shifted to believing that reason is more influential and can benefit a greater amount of people than faith because of

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    the Protestant Reformation gained their confidence and their message to begin. The Protestant Reformation began to stop the plight that was the Roman Catholic Church. Instead of completely wiping out the apparently sinful Church, reformers such as Martin Luther wished to correct and fix it. He knew this course of action was the only appropriate response because of his exemplary knowledge of the Bible. Him and a few other notable reformers such as John Calvin and John Wycliffe attracted large

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    Huldrych Zwingli was a Swish reformer who wanted to cooperate a major role change in reforming a movement within the Swiss Confederation, and his focus for this change was to happen in the city and specifically in the region of Zurich. Huldrych Zwingli had a start to interesting life, an experience that left an impact on him, causing him to bring about a change in the Protestant Church. Huldrych Zwingli was born on January 1, 1484 in the Toggen Valley in the Eastern part of the Confederation to

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    I chose the Lockheed Martin Company because of how their planes and technology have furthered the innovation within the aviation world. Many of their planes have been used to break records or have broken records themselves. They have also built planes that were necessary in a few wars. The Lockheed Martin company was started in 1995 but originally it consisted of two separate companies. These companies were the Glen L. Martin Company and the Lockheed Aircraft Company. These two companies created

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    their loved ones would be saved from Purgatory or even Hell. The church’s goal used to be helping all people and preaching the word of God, but now the church was corrupt and blinded by power and money, only one man could initiate the change needed, Martin Luther.

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    William Levy In the world there are several types of actors. Some actors act in plays, commercials or movies. There are also different types of movie actors. There are comedy, romance, drama and action actors. William Levy is an action movie actor that is very famous.In this case we will work with one of the most famous actors. William Levy has many recognitions to win trophies for being one of the most famous in Central America. William Levy did not begin his life as an actor. He left Cuba

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