Another effect of 9/11 is that it has made terrorism studies “now one of the fastest expanding areas of research in the English-speaking academic world”. However, it should be noted that not all the materials written by terrorism studies at this point was from a critical point of view Richard Jackson who can be described as one of the founding fathers of CTS can be said to have started a case for CTS by asking “I believe we have an
HIST1601 MAJOR ESSAY – How did the Black Death affect European societies of the fourteenth century? In this essay, I intend to argue how the Black Death affected a certain European society in the fourteenth century, Namely England. My main key points will be regarding religion in society and changes to the peasant/worker class within English society. I will argue that the Church lost much of its legitimacy within English society during and after the Black Death and why this occurred. I will also seek to explain how what was a plentiful labour market in England, became a labour shortage during and after the Black Death.
People thought that it was a punishment from God. In the end about ½ of the population died and making it one of the worst bubonic plagues ever in human history. It took the country over 100 years to recover from this disaster. The next event was the peasant’s revolt. This happened in June 1381 and it involved thousands of peasants who gathered and travelled to London to protest about their freedom and the poll tax King Edward III had issued.
There are a number of arguments that support the view that the Black Death solely caused the decline of Serfdom. It is believed that one third of all labourers died as a result of the Black Death, some suggest more. The Chronicler of Louth Park Abbey commented that “so great a multitude was not swept away, it was believed, even by the flood in the days of Noah.”. In crowded cities, it was not uncommon for more than fifty percent of the population to die. Rogers said that this brought about “a complete revolution in the occupation of land”, land holders were now forced to change from using serfs to work the land, to other practices such as animal husbandry, which was popular because sheep
The Social Investigators were desperate to discover the cause of poverty that had erupted within the British society during the early 19th century. The Social Investigators adopted various methods in order to collect the data required to identify the types of people driven into poverty and the conditions they have been forced to embark in, in order to survive daily. Many had been forced into poverty as result of unfortunate circumstances such as the Napoleonic wars, which saw trading between Britain and other European countries to cease, resulting in the inflation of food prices. Through researching into events like this the Social Investigators were able to assist in channelling a new perceptive into the narrow- minded middle and upper class society. The importance of this was, that by changing the attitudes of those most powerful in society they could influence change in the administration of the government, in how they were ensuring help for the poor.
Blitzkrieg was a very successful tactic for Germany which initially brought them success. The Blitzkrieg strategy described an all motorized force of artillery, combat and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break enemy line and the element of surprise being the biggest advantage. Battles were quick and decisive victories with little cost to manpower and resources. For example Germany was able to defeat Poland in less than a month and capture France in six weeks. Blitzkrieg was able to change warfare because it contributed towards fast and easy advances, with the power of a surprise element Germany was able to advance through several neighboring countries such as Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Norway as well as defeat a world power, even though France had more weaponry as well as men.
To what extent did the Church experience ‘crisis’ in the later medieval period? During the medieval period the Church had a very important role in European politics. A common metaphor of the Medieval period likens society to a human body, in this metaphor the church is often referred to as the ‘head and eyes’ and in John Salisbury’s version as the soul. Many historians view the later Middle Ages as a time of crisis. The European continent was going through a period of upheaval as famine, disease and war ravaged the population.
The capitalist owned the means of production in capitalism and therefore basically were able to control the economy. Since one group is in power of the means this creates a huge gap of inequality. By controlling the means of production the capitalist were also able to form the relations of production. The relations of production are based on the owners and workers coming to an agreement on the terms of employment and the overall relationships between these two classes of people in general. According to Marx in Capitalism the bourgeoisie are motivated to accumulate as much profit as possible and the proletariat are trying to get as much money for their labor as possible.
Within these societies people would fight for ownership of land. Eventually the feudalistic society will give way to what Karl Marx called capitalism, where a society is driven by money. Karl Marx was a famous sociologist and well known for his studies on social class. His name is where we get the term Marxism from. He looked to overthrow the capitalist system in favour of the structuralist approach (Perry, 2009).
Crime, Poverty and Violence in America Rfuaw Diarra SOC402: Contemporary Social Problems & the Workplace (BPB1108A) Poverty, crime and violence in America affects not only the poor but it also affects the middle class and wealthy. It also, affects the quality of life in which is willed to have at birth. These social problems are all co-related, and if America could find a solution to end poverty we could end crime and violence. America has a history of violence and crime since the days of slavery and before. So one thing we know for sure is that poverty, crime and violence is nothing new in America.