Included in the book are a series of illustrations likening the Jews to the devil. The author highlights the myths the Christians believed pertaining to the Jews’ dealings with the devil, Jewish sorcery and Jewish heretics. During the Holocaust, a time of renewed hatred for the Jews, Trachtenberg writes about a topic that is extremely important in showing the way
“They brought with them a plague that they carried down to the very marrow of their bones, so that if anyone so much as spoke to them, he was infected with a mortal sickness which brought on an immediate death that he could in no way avoid.” ( Alberth, pg 1) Reading this could give anyone the chills. Imagine the people who really had to experience it, each day they must have spent praying for their lives. What’s being talked about above is something the people called the Black Death. The Black Death arrived to the shores of Europe around 1347. The plague was brought over from the city of Messina and when it arrived it spread throughout the whole entire continent.
Voodoo & Hoodoo This religion and practice is found to be a frightening thing among most typical Americans, who know close to nothing about it. It is often placed under the category of magic, and considered to have practices that are ridiculous and absurd. The thing that scares people the most perhaps, is that voodoo and hoodoo spells can be placed upon anyone who is unfortunate enough to come across its path, even the non-believers. The book ‘Voodoo and Hoodoo’ by Jim Haskins explains the deep African religions and how voodoo and hoodoo came about, dating centuries ago along with the explanation of how voodoo works and the tricks and magic of medicine men and voodoo/hoodoo believers. The start of this magical religion dates back centuries ago to Africa, where primitive societies practiced their familiar rituals and traditions.
The Black Panthers and the introduction to gang warfare. The Bloods and Crips, two of the most infamous gangs to ever exist, how did they come to be, what could have been the reason for these groups of people to form and inflict the death and hate that lasted for over 10 years? Did it have anything to do with the largest African American gang, the Black Panthers, a group that aimed to protect, take care of their people and teach them to fight for their rights? In order to even begin examining The Beginning of Gangs like the Bloods and Crips one would have to start by looking all the way back to the late 1930’s and moving forward to 1965. Prior the 1940’s there were very few groups of what could even be called “Gangs” compared to 20 years later in Los Angeles in fact they were more likely groups of family members or community members who just formed and were referred to as clubs.
The Black Plague The Black Plague, also known as the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, was a devastating time for Europe. It was so bad that people were unable to have proper funerals for their dead loved ones. There had to be mass burials and cremations of the bodies. The Black Plague was caused by a horrible bacteria that killed millions of people and caused a large economic collapse as it spread quickly throughout Europe, and while it may not be extremely common today it is still very much in existence. The Black Plague was caused by a bacteria, Yersinia pestis.
One example of this is Corp D’Afrique regime which started out as a confederacy black regime. Another all Black troop was the 54th Massachusetts, who with the help of Frederick Douglass, attracted free Black men. So many African American men were attracted to the 54th regime, that the 55th regime was organized. Unfortunately, most of these Blacks did not serve in combat and were ill-equipped which lead to massive loss. Blacks had to fight under the threat of death with little to no arms and under threat of execution by Confederates would begin to treat prisoners of war as rebellious slave and order their massacre.
Spook came about in the United States around the early 1940s. Racism between the whites and blacks was quite prevalent around the time this term appeared and was used in reference to African Americans. This particular slur is very self-explanatory. It refers to blacks being so dark that in the night time you could not see them. Since the skin color of African Americans could be really dark for some this gave a ghostly affect.
Dawnsheri Arroyo-Reyes Mr. Shipp Western Civilization I February 29, 2012 The Black Death of the 14th Century The Black Death, also known as the Great Dying, was one of the most mysterious, disastrous pestilence in history during the fourteenth century in Europe, killing more than one third of Europe’s population, estimated 20 million people in four years. Historians believed that the plague began in 1346 when the Mongolians attacked the Christians in Caffa, a trading route in the Black Sea. The Mongolians fought for Caffa in hopes that they would capture it as a trading route. They soon realized that they were fighting an unseen enemy, a pestilence that infested their soldiers. The Mongolians used another tactic.
I can’t honestly believe that they took this god so serious and believe in his Aesir tribe. The Vikings throughout this book are clearly described as invaders bent on death and destruction clash with the iron-willed protectors of any new world. The book talks a lot about the numerous intense battles between the many colonies they came into contact with. The primal violence of these desperate savages, plague the centuries between the eighth and eleventh modern
Witch Hunting 10.May.2014 Psychoanalysis and Art/Society Witchcraft in Central Europe Between the years of 1470-1750, a panic emerged form European societies regarding the alleged witches amongst their midst. Consequentially, large scale witch hunts, especially in Central Europe gained prominence and resulted in the trial, torture and execution of tens of thousands of victims. While there were, unarguably, male victims accused of witch craft, the vast majority of victims where female. Since then, scholars have linked these horrific events with the gender correlated persecution of women. Ties between femininity and witches have also been viewed from psychoanalytic perspectives to provide commentary on the attitudes toward women that