HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. ... Medieval works tended to divide into two types of histories. ... Attempts at broader histories of peoples, such as the history of the Goths by Cassiodorus (preserved only in the compendium of Jordanes) and the history of the Franks by Gregory of Tours, were early and had few successors. ... Among the better medieval histories was Bede's Ecclesiastical History, an early model in a branch of historiography that has been of great importance. ... Motley, and Francis Parkman were followed by such brilliant and questioni...

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Mann served in the Senate, the Massachusetts education system, a history going back to 1647, was suffering, and the quality of education was deteriorating. ... In 1838, he started a journal, which he wrote two times a week called "Common School Journal" for teachers and lectured on education to all who would listen. ... The history of education is filled with segregation, bias, and inequalities for the minorities and poor. ...

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History Coursework To What Extent Did The Key Political Ideas Directly Influence Change And Development In Your Chosen Period Of Study? ... The Kensington Society didn't however, because the feminist movement was soon taken up by many more people and for the first time in British history changes started to occur. ... All in all the state education system didn't really effect female pupils that much, since in 1910 there was only just over 1,000 female pupils attending Oxford and Cambridge universities and for each lecture permission had to be granted by the lecturer. ...

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