Feudalism developed in the centuries during and after the fall of the Roman Empire-a period of great turmoil and political instability. For about 500 years, much of Europe was unified by the Roman Empire. The rest of the continent was generally controlled by groups of people that the Romans called barbarians. When the Roman Empire fell to invading barbarians in 476 C.E., Europe was left with no central government or system of defense. ... Lastly, peasants and serfs would be comparable to city government, which plays a small role to the country but a big role in individual towns. ...

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During the Reniassance, the church still playes and important part in people's lives, but scholars and intellectuals also looked back at the lives and teachings of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. ... This changed in the Reniassance with the spread of new ideas and religious reforms these plays became unpopular- Owueen Elizabeth herself frowned upon them. Because of these changes in attitude many new playwrights began to emerge; they experimented with new kinds of plays, including comedies. ... Inspired by Ancient Roman statues dug up from ruins, artists began to carve figures from which co...

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Those parts of the Holy Roman Empire, for example, which applied the Imperial Code of Justice strictly, prosecuted far fewer witches than those that did not. The religious changes and tensions of the period obviously played a played a part. ... This was especially the case in western parts of the Holy Roman Empire. ... By the end of the sixteenth century the centre of witch hunting activity had moved to the Holy Roman Empire. ... Economics had played an extensive role in providing an explanation for the rise in trials, however that alone isn't conclusive and so ulterior explanations...

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Following the extravagant era of the Roman Empire, the more feudal medieval time period swept across Europe. ... It was a revival of the classical forms originally developed by ancient Greeks and Romans. ... During the Romanesque period it is obvious where the source of the style came from, the buildings of the Roman Empire. ... There was a revival of ancient Roman forms, including the column, round arch, tunnel vault and the dome. ... There are many other factors that come into play that make these time periods even more different. ...

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Charles V(Charles I of Spain) 1516-1556 abdicates and divided his possessions between his son Philip II, 1556 - 1598, who got Spain, Spanish colonies, and the Netherlands while his brother Ferdinand I, 1556 - 1564, who got Austria and also the nominal title of Holy Roman Emperor. ... The Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 The Thirty Years war was fought essentially within the Holy Roman Empire. The Catholic side, led by the Austrian Holy Roman Emperors, failed in destroying the Lutherans and unifying the Holy Roman Empire under Austrian, Habsburg, Catholic domination. ... Britain played the role...

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The humorous fun is an excellent excuse to play it on people you may not like and b the same token you love just as well. ... Use of the Julian calendar dates back to the roman era and ruled by Julius Caesar and calendar inventor for which its was named after in 45b.c. ... Jokes that would be played on there type. ... In England these types of jokes are only played in the mornings for some unknown reason it was considered bad luck to play after noon had past. ... Celebrating the Resurrection of the god Attis a vegetation god that was driven mad by the derange love of his mother had for him...

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Another movement in this century was the revival of Roman law, which corresponded to the spread of capitalist relations in towns and country. The Roman civil law provided the legal basis in Renaissance Europe. In addition, the Roman concept of absolute empirical power became a weapon for the administrative centralization and territorial integration of the European monarchies (Britannica: P. 381). ... Law of the God was replaced with the Roman civil law, so religious sovereignty began to lose its power. ... On the contrary, the United Nations played an important role in the change of t...

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They wanted to recapture the essence and spirit of the Greek and Roman cultures in their own artistic, literary, and philosophic works. ... The humanists wanted to understand the customs, laws, and ideas of ancient Greece, however they used a different language from the Italian humanists and the Romans used a form of Latin far different from that used in the 1300s and 1400s. ... Like in many other aspects of human activity, the Renaissance also played a crucial rols in the development of modern creative expression. ...

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As Erica Benner (2013) mentions in Nationalism: Intellectual Origins, a German reaction to the revolutions in America and France, which "claimed to found new national forms of legitimacy on universal, republican principles" (Benner 2013, p. 45), which was when the confederation of German states in 1800, or the Holy Roman Empire, were collapsing due to the pressure of the revolutionary wars. ... Renan mentions that resulting from the end of the Roman Empire and the subsequent failures of prominent historical European figures such as Napoleon I, Charles V and Louis XIV in maintaining an empire, ...

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They were alienated in the early development of Christian theology, and was accused guilty of the death of Jesus in a conspiracy with the Romans. ... Later on, these restrictions expanded to many other aspects of life, such as playing of Gypsy music because "hard-working German citizens were annoyed by the sloppy bearing of Gypsy musicians who used their music as a cover for begging...

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Europe can be given credit for the birth of democracy, dating back to the Greek polis in the fifth century, and the fundamental concepts achieved by the Roman's still remain the backbone of modern law. ... Our recreational time is spent playing traditional European games like cricket, football and soccer, which also serves as a bond between Europe and Australia. ... It is however, the European way towards democracy, liberalism and capitalism that we have adopted into our own culture, but once again we mustn't forget that America played a role in influencing the Europe continent to ...

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Adjoining Westminster Abbey in London, the Chapel of Henry VII is a primary example of linear play upon the ribs or "architectural embroidery- pulled into uniquely English "fan vault- shapes with large hanging pendants. ... In comparison to the virgin soil of England, Italy had earlier civilizations upon it- Etruscan, Roman, and Byzantine- that provided the Italian Gothic with an admixture of styles. ...

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