Music 'Jerusalem'- Misto uses music and song lyrics to create imagery that allows us to visualise the women's determination to survive. "I will not cease from mental fight, nor shall my sword sleep in my hand till we had built Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land." They will not go down without a fight- so song lyrics are used to paint visual images that capture the women's strength of character. ... The upbeat song, and the quote, if full of positive, optimistic imagery- the irony of it in these dire circumstances is actually funny. ... The visual...

• Word Count: 1304
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Reynolds at theHampton Court Conference, which was a meeting of the bishopsof England called for by King James. ... On 10 February 1604, he decreed,"'that a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonantas can be to the original Hebrew and Greek,...and only to beused in all Churches of England in time of Divine Service'"(Isaacs 197).In less than six months King James had endorsed theroster of translators and was pushing for them to completethe translation as soon as possible. He wrote to the Bishopof London on 22 July 1604 that he had "'appointed certainlearned men, t...

• Word Count: 1976
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Black clergymen were described with whites as "ignorant but cunning men who taught the most outrageous antinomian principles, subversive of all morals and ruinous to all correct notions of God and duty".7 Though the content of these black preachers" sermons is largely undocumented due to the reticence of the slaves in front of whites, the spirituals and slave accounts of lively and joyous worship and celebration have been documented in personal slave accounts. ... Ironically, the same story the white Christians connected with in motivating themselves for separation from England was used by ...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate