"Pharaoh's courtiers saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's palace. ... The courtiers of Pharaoh were the first people who saw the usefulness of Sarai's external appearance. ... Because Pharaoh's courtiers realized the power of Sarai's beauty, they introduced Sarai to Pharaoh. ... Agamemnon disgraces me, seizes and keeps my prize" (The Iliad, Book 1, 413, 418-422). ... " (The Iliad, Book 6, 534-540). ...

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Another development in the field of humanism was the courtier system, which was influenced by the interaction between humanist philosophers and the signorial courts of the city-states. These humanists began to develop ideas about the proper conduct of courtiers, or the noble men and women of the courts. In 1518, Baldassare Castiglione, the most renowned humanist involved in the courtier movement, completed the Book of Courtier, which was based on his experiences at the court of Urbino, Italy. This refined book of manners was printed in several languages and influenced the courtiers throughout ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the 13th century, Europe experienced phenomenal commercial and financial development, which exploded into an era characterized by an incredible efflorescence of artistic energies called the Renaissance. The Renaissance became a true rebirth to the people of Europe by pushing them out of the feuda...

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In the book The Tempest there are several themes but the one I would like to concentrate on are savagery and civilization. ... Gonzalo is a civilized old courtier who, tweleve years ago saved the lives of Prospero and Miranda from the villainy of Antonio. ...

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He was most well-known for his guide to courtly behavior, titled Il cortegiano (The Courtier). The guide was published in 1528 in Venice and outlines how a courtier should conduct oneself, in love, war, and his pursuit of education (Kekewich 167). ... His advice to the courtier during a time of arms was to seek deserved glory, honor, and excellence, a reverberation of the Greek value of arete. ... In this book, Plato categorized the world into two realms, one of visible reality and another of intelligible reality, and four separate levels of knowledge. ...

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To this point in time there was no evidence William even owned a book and there was no evidence of any manuscripts. ... How could such a person write convincingly of court life, foreign intrigues, and affairs of kings and courtiers, subjects of which he was not privileged as a non-aristocrat? ... In contrast, Edward de Vere's death in 1604 would have bar him from being the author of several majestic tragedies believed written latter such as Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear; the fact that the quality of de Vere's published earlier poetry likely before 1585 is vastly inferior to that...

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This is a turning point in the book and completely changes the way that Hamlet acts the rest of the play. ... The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, Sword, {th' expectancy} and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mold of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down! ... Hamlet and the Ghost his Father don't have a relationship like many other characters in the book but you can see Hamlets love and how ...

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Likewise, Baldassare Castiglione, an Italian diplomat and author, instructed modern Renaissance gentleman in The Book of the Courtier to become learned in a wide variety of subjects including the humanities, classical poetry, and in writing verse and prose. These Italian humanist views were echoed by northern Christian humanists such as Desiderus Erasmus who wrote in his book On the Art of Learning that students should study the classics because "the whole of attainable knowledge lies therein." ... A Spanish humanist educator, Juan Louis Vives, reflects the views prevalent among male humanist...

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France, Louis XV, a book, 1720 John Law, Scottish banker emigrant in France, had become the financial counselor of Louis XV. ... The money book reproduced here had approximately those same dimensions and it same value that an English shilling of the era. ... Courtiers played the other parts. ... Voltaire was given a room at Versailles, and it is likely that much of his time was spent in the archives of the palace doing research for his book about the reign of Louis XIV. ...

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Jamaica Work songs are the oldest and largest of the musical traditions in Jamaica. These songs originated among slaves in Jamaica and they were used to express their feelings of turmoil. The rhymes of these work songs were often patterned to the activities or tools that they used such as a ...

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Ignatius of Loyola and The Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola formerly known as Inigo Lopez of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1540. As well Pope Paul III had recognized Loyola's group as an order. The Jesuits were started by a small group of well educated men and had grown rapidly wit...

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In his book, The Wheel of Fire, he continues this line of thought to conclude that Claudius is a good and gentle king, enmeshed by the chain of causality linking him with his crime. ... At the end of the nunnery scene, Ophelia laments the that a noble mind is here overthrown:/ The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's eye, tongue, sword ( III, i, 153-154). ...

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I said, "Thank you for allowing me to meet with you and for the respect and courtiers you extend.... As I said before in my book she never liked her father. ... My wife and I were booked to travel to Bangkok on 27th August and onwards to South Africa on 01 September. ...

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1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restauran...

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• Grade Level: High School