Christians were also been persecuted by the Muslims who saw Christianity as a pagan religion. So the Pope called the crusades to not only get revenge for the murdered pilgrims but also ensure the protection of the Christians living in the east and future pilgrims. The murders of the pilgrims were especially angering to the Pope as he, along with the rest of Christianity, believed that Jerusalem rightfully belonged to the Christians and Christian pilgrims had every right to visit. Since Jesus died there Christians thought this was reason enough to say Jerusalem was their holy city, and saw it as being stolen from them by the Muslims. Therefore the pope saw the crusades as a way to restore Jerusalem back to its ‘rightful owners’, which definitely contributed to his reasons for calling the crusades.
He is the minister of New England and he’s supposed to be living a life that is holy before God and His people. Arthur Dimmesdale had made a huge mistake when he had sexual relations with Hester. It affected not only him but: Hester, Pearl, the townspeople, God, and Roger Chillingworth. Dimmesdale first acts like he didn’t do anything at the first scaffold scene by stating, “I have thought of death, have wished for it, would have even prayed for it, and were fit that such as I should pray for anything.” (Hawthorne 67.) How it affected him had a huge impact.
Their main worry is that Capparello won’t cooperate with the Friar which would make them look wrong in the face of religion. However, Capparello having overheard the brothers conversation, tells them that he will help them in fixing all of their problems, by deceiving the friar into believing that he was a great man. Caperello goes on to telling the friar numerous lies about his life, and plays himself off as if he lived a pure and almost sin-less life, and the friar believes him. Once having been deceived by Caparello; Caparello passes away, and the friar preaches a sermon about his good-intentioned, life. All the townspeople who hear the sermon believe the friar, who had been
The Moors influence was getting weakened and Boabdil actions made everything worse He was the son of the sultan Abu l-Hasan Ali, and as it sometimes happens with princes, Boabdil was restless to gain power. So, after a series of incidents between Christians and Muslims that shook Granada's stability, Boabdil named himself ruler of Granada. Of course, his words didn't take too long to catch fire. A civil war ensued in the emirate, weakening it and easing the way for the Christian troops. The Granada seemed to be an easy target for Ferdinand and Isabella to conquer so in return they’ll gain power and glory.
The expeditions of the explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca were voyages of not only implausible importance and length, but voyages of unconceivable events and encounters with the natives of the land in which he and his men helped explore. It was always going to be very difficult for Cabeza De Vaca to predict the welcoming he would receive by the native peoples when he and his men left towards the Americas, but the potential advantages always outweighed the possible disadvantages. The Native Americans encountered by Cabeza De Vaca varied from aggressive hostiles, to enamored inhabitants, and these experiences without any doubt provided Cabeza De Vaca with a confidence that would allow him to successfully explore the newly found Americas and go through with his intentions in these areas. Early on in the voyages, Cabeza De Vaca was merely a treasurer and chief legal officer on the voyage led by the Governor Pánfilo de Narváez of Spain (Augenbraum Pg. 5).
In 1213 he collected so much money from taxes that half of all the coins in England were his to spend. By doing this he aggravated the Barons, good Kings consult their Barons when handling big decisions but John didn’t. The facts suggest that the Barons got irritated when John didn’t consult them when important matters were being discussed; this was another long term cause of the rebellion. Another long term cause for the rebellion was the disagreement over the church. In 1205 John was in discrepancy with the Pope over who ought to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, just like his father had done, John refused to let Stephen Langton, the Pope’s choice, become the
The Church became almost authoritarian, and in those days, it is nearly impossible to go against the Church’s doctrine. In Bradford’s own word on the state of affair in England: “… But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable conditions, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these which now came upon them.” This was in response to how it was a treasonous offence to go against the authority of the Church of England. Bradford joined this group of separatist in 1606, despite the displeasure of his family. In 1609, he joined a group of separatist, who had migrated to Holland. Although the separatist had more freedom to practice as they wanted in Holland, they developed the
Through his poems, Owen highlights the unjust experiences of soldiers to create a protest against the bureaucracy because of how they justified the harming and killing of many for their own political gain. He does this by highlighting the actions and inactions of the bureaucracy that contribute to benefit of the administration. This can be explored in his poems ‘Parable of the Old Man and the Young’ (Parable) and the epic war poem ‘Disabled’. These two poems employ Owens message of anti-war sentiment to establish a connection with the audience through his manipulation of poetic techniques. Owen highlights such unjust experiences of the soldiers to augment his argument against the bureaucracy.
He required that his subjects “loan him the equivalent of five subsidies” and although it was “opposed by significant numbers in the localities,” the taxation still occurred as the government had “employed all its powers to eliminate resistance”. Moreover, the Forced Loan only happened as a result of Charles dismissing the 1626 Parliament, forfeiting his opportunity of obtaining further grants for his wartime expenditure. Parliament had already been antagonised by Charles’ decision to dismiss them and now that Charles was forcing taxation on others in order to fund his wartime expenditure, due to disastrous foreign policy which Parliament largely disagreed with, it is clear that the Forced Loan had worsened relations greatly. In addition to this, the financing of foreign policy also affected the relationship between Crown and Parliament. As stated previously, the Forced Loan existed to fund England’s wars considering that Parliament was reluctant to grant Charles further subsidies.
Owen also seeks to expose the betrayal of the authorities throughout poems such as ‘Disabled’ and ‘The parable of the old man and the young.’ He expresses how they acted with a disregard for the lives of their countries young men. Religion and its betrayal during the war is also emphasized by Wilfred Owen in ‘Anthem for doomed youth.’ He shows how the belief in religion did nothing to dampen the grim realities of war and he even begins to question his own beliefs. Another way Owen feels he has been betrayed is through the way society treated those soldiers who had suffered both mental and physical injuries. They were labelled as cowards and looked down upon. This is best shown in the poem ‘Disabled.’ Owen was ultimately driven by the betrayal of the authorities, religion and society and he used his horrifying experiences of the war to exemplify this betrayal.