History Longbowmen executing Saint Sebastian. German painting from ca. 1493 Recognisable longbows dating as far back as the Mesolithic period have been found in many parts of Northern Europe. [6] The medieval English use of a powerful longbow as a decisive weapon of war was more of a social than a technical development. It required in particular the training, recruitment, and maintenance of a large number of men, their supply with yew wood by means of foreign trade, and their incorporation with other troop types into an effective tactical system.
Teddy Tsai December 12, 2014 Mike Peixoto HC 231H Creating Communities in the Pre-Modern World Leaving a Legacy: The Obituary of the Temple of Reims A theme of the present is to reflect on the past and look to the future. However as we travel back in time past the modern era, the amount of reliable information is hard-pressed to be found. For this reason, documents such as necrologies become undeniably valuable. On the surface level they simply list a number of deaths in some organized fashion, but on closer analysis necrologies can reveal insight on communities and social interactions. The Obituary of the Temple of Reims is one such necrology.
Instead, he comes across a piece of work that has nothing to do with animal life. The title to the common reader has no relation to the essay. To them, the whole essay talks about different ways of how to experience events and properly learn from them. 1. When Percy uses the example of the tourist going to the Grand Canyon, the common reader would not have a problem.
In the first chapter of his book, The Landscape of History, John Lewis Gaddis says, “But consider the power of metaphor, on the one hand, and the particular combination of economy and intensity with which visual images can express metaphor, on the other,” (2). This is one of the more intricate quotes pulled from Gaddis, where he is basically saying that not only do metaphors represent stories that are used to describe history, but also that metaphors can be images that are being used to represent something much larger. For example, historians tell a story like what actually happened, and maps show features that are like the territory that it is representing. Another thing Gaddis states in chapter one is, “The best you can do, whether with a prince or a landscape or the past, is to represent reality: to smooth over the details, to look for larger patterns, to consider how you can use what you see for your own purposes,” (7). Which supports the point being made that history may only be represented by a story as land may only be represented by a map.
The Alamo, John Myers Myers, First Bison Press, 1948, Review by: The book The Alamo is one of historical facts intertwined with legend. This makes it hard to give an in-depth analysis of the true historical events. John Myers Myers is able to separate fact from fiction excellently in the book. Although there are certain points made in the book that are irrelevant the basic telling of the story and “layout” makes for a good source of Alamo history. The book is split into three major sections: the history, the people, and the battle that took place.
Farid has, as they say, ―stacked the deck.‖36 Now that we have covered the first three elements in our deconstruction, i.e., source, object, and (il)logical means, there remains just one for our consideration, intentionality. Here, Fetzer best sums the situation: Farid has in fact published numerous articles regarding the use of digital analysis of photographs, which suggests that he possesses the academic ability to have analyzed them properly. Even on our charitable interpretation—that he was simply unaware of other problems and had not done a search of the literature to dispel his ignorance—then at the very least we would expect that his analysis of the nose shadows would be competent. His conclusion supports our inference. If Farid studied more than one of these photographs, as he claims, then he should have noticed that the nose shadow remains constant across different photos, an obvious
Tanner Vinson Carroll English Comp. II 28 May 2010 Symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” we see the use of symbolism at its finest. Although the symbolism in this novel can be seen physically through the character’s eyes, the symbolism must be further analyzed to understand its significance in the story. The list of symbols in this novel is relatively lengthy, but among the most important are East and West Egg, the green light, and the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg gazing over the valley of ashes. The conflict of interacting social classes is seen through the symbolism of East and West Egg.
HOA Summer Assignment The Long Fuse by Laurence Lafore Outline Truth and the Historian Major Ideas Lafore begins the essay by writing about the influence World War I had on the world. Once called The Great War but now has turned into just another war in the history books. Events after 1945 have shed new light on the events leading up to 1914. The introduction briefly describes the causes of the war and the events leading up to them. While some historians look for one cause to the war, Lafore believes that each conflict is equally responsible for the war.
Comparing ‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen with ‘Standing in another Man’s grave’ by Ian Rankin For my comparing prose essay I will be comparing the two books ‘Sense and Sensibility’, by Jane Austen and ‘Standing in another Man’s Grave’, by Ian Rankin. These books have similarities and differences which makes them good to compare. In the two books I have chosen the language in them is very different. Compared to Rankin’s ‘Standing in another Man’s Grave’, Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ uses much more archaic language. The language in ‘Sense and Sensibility’ is from the time the book is set (1790s) so it is old, standard English.
The topic I originally choose for my paper was on the “Hundred Years War”, but as most know that is a very broad and extensive subject. So Fr. G suggested that I narrow it down a bit and just focus on one thing during that time period. He then suggested a couple of topics for me. I thought about it and eventually decided that I wanted to focus my paper on “The Battle of Agincourt”.