The Reverend Alberto Cuti茅 was suspended by the Miami, Florida Archdiocese in May, 2009 after being photographed kissing a woman discovered to be his girlfriend.StepheyM. J.TimeStephey, M. (2009). A brief history of celibacy. Time, 173(20), 14.
The Church of St Nicholas was built in 1320 and Franciscan friars arrived in Galway in 1296. (Friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach). Franciscan friars were known as grey friars because of their grey costumes. Dominican or black friars follo...
By the 17th century, Poland-Lithuania was weakened due to a unique yet hard-to-manage political system of "Noble democracy" where a consensus was a prerequisite for any important decision. The Commonwealth lost a series of wars that wiped out its great power position. In the late 18th centur...
While these reforms were progressive, they also alienated powerful conservative elements within Spanish society, including the landowning elite, the Catholic Church and segments of the military. The pace and scope of change alarmed many conservatives, who saw the Republic as a threat to traditional S...
Word History and Origins Origin ofbrief1 First recorded in 1250–1300;Middle Englishbref,fromAnglo-French,Old French,fromLatinbrevis“short”;breve Discover More Idioms and Phrases Idioms hold a brief for,to support or defend by argument; endorse. ...
This chapter gives a brief history of Yugoslavia. The chapter focuses on the post-Versailles settlement, early Serb chauvinism, the rise of socialist Yugoslavia as a world player under Tito, and Milošević’s nationalist agenda.
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Chapter Two A Brief History CONTENT The Founding of the Nation Transition to the Modern Age I II III IV V The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Britain Since World War II Additional Information I The Founding of the Nation 1.The early Settlers and the Celts The Origins of the Nation:...
The unity of the Holy Roman Empire was shattered, however, during the 16th century, with Martin Luther’s pro- test against the Catholic Church. This dramatic event, a turning point in German and global history, split Germany and eventually all of Europe into rival confessional camps, ...
第一篇:a brief history of Britain 英国历史简述 A Brief History of Britain by Pam Barrett When French and British construction workers met beneath the English Channel in 1990, Britain became linked to Continental Europe for the first time in 7,000 years.For it was then, when the last Ice ...