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...Introduction Chapter 1 Europe Musings of the Muses: Italy Rome Florence Venice La Ville-Lumiere: France Paris Chateau De Versailles Divonne-les-Bains Chiming clocks: Geneva To be or not to be: England London Brighton Moors’ Last Sigh...

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...about 3000 years later). Arab geographers propagated the story of Atlantis and medieval European authors referred to it as fact. Current oce... ...n and lived most of his early life in Portugal, not in Spain. He was born in Genoa, Italy, no one knows when. He did "discover" America, the contin... ...- a form of mass hysteria - were most common between the 13th and 17th centuries in Italy, notably in Taranto. Hence "tarantism". But occurrences w... ...e the mania first manifested. The bite of the tarantula, called in many parts of Italy "Taranta" (also named after the town of Taranto) was long ... ...y their eggs. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Italy's University of Cagliari discovered that the chemicals emi... ...as a strong critic of Lenin. Partly to avoid his wrath, he exiled himself to Capri, Italy in 1906. Moreover, though he upheld the Bolsheviks' an... ....com/mvm/htm/bc/71721.htm Nightmare The word nightmare is the private name of a medieval female demon that attacked sleeping people. "Mare" mea... ...as been a Jewish symbol for a mere 400 years, though. It appears, for instance, on medieval cathedrals. The symbol in known in India as the Sri... ...e/history.html http://www.readnrun.com/shortest_war.htm http://www.ku.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/hundred_years_war. html Warfare, Biologic...

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...s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing of Allah. Islam saves classic wisdom and passes China’s wasp secret to the West. -- 8. Charlemagne and Medieval Europe-The illiterate warrior-king brings the scholarly monk Alcuin and his literary arts and sciences school system to France to create the Carolingian renaissance. By changing the structure of words and sentences, ...

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...c wisdom and passes China’s wasp secret to the West. 8. Charlemagne and Medieval Europe The illiterate warrior-king brings the scholarly monk Alcu... ...lly spread their alphabet‘s use to places as far-flung as Greece, Sicily, Italy, North Africa, southern Spain, and the British Isles. Vowel signs ... ...s on to Tunisia and Islamic Spain by the eleventh. Papermaking reached Italy by way of Sicily in 1268, but Central Europe didn‘t take up paper un... ...d the Muslim Army’s advance across the Pyrenees in 732. Charlemagne and Medieval Europe The Arabs were still in the early stages of their conque... ...heir accomplishments, let‘s look to the times in which they are set. The medieval period (or Middle Ages) began about 500 AD with the fall of the R... ...osses. Simplifying accounting by introducing double-entry bookkeeping set Italy‘s world trade soaring. Bankers were major beneficiaries, because... ...he empire had abandoned Britannia primarily to free its legions to defend Italy from the Visigoths‘ attacks. Britannia’s Golden Age Winston Churc... ...nglish. King Richard, the great-grandson of William, was the epitome of a medieval English king, but the Lionhearted spoke only French and spent more... ...end of the fifteenth century. Past preservation priority proved costly Medieval Western culture focused on guarding rather than on expanding accu...

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...n. 44 ―Whether it is the Cosa Nostra in the U.S., the mafia in Italy, the yakuza in Japan, or the Latin American drug lords--criminals in... ...ats and payoffs keep the authorities away. ―In Europe we point to Italy, with corruption at many levels of the legitimate economy as well as... ...ack to the 1500s, when there is some evidence that it was invented by the Medieval church which taught that witches worshipped Satan and did a numbe... ...eographical cultural sub-societies—the Chinatowns, Koreatowns, and little Italys that slow integration for generations. ―Should we mold the ne... ...he four worst performing economies have been Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Italy. Sweden has the world‘s largest public sector work force, accounting... ...rk past 70. They lost. So dynamic contributors are put out to pasture. In Italy you and retire at 57 so the government wants to raise it, but the un... ..., although Muslims have not always agreed as to when that occurs. Several medieval Muslim authorities mentioned "ensoulment" occurring after 120 day... ...ense to them. The traditional patriarchal power of the Romans survived in Medieval England and allowed a father to kill any child who had not yet ta...

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...ni (who also supported them financially), with the Ustashe (similarly supported by Italy) and with the Nazis (under Ivan Mihailov, who became the n... ...e full - though clandestine - support of the Bulgarian Ministry of War and Fascist Italy. From Pirin, they attacked Greece as well. These were exac... ...d in a naval arms race which depleted the coffers and the social cohesion of both. Italy declared war on Turkey in 1911 and even invaded the Dardan... ...cy-saddled, autocratic and sadistic Habsburg empire. Hitler's Germany. Mussolini's Italy. Unable to ignore the common ethnic roots of both Serbs an... ... the wreath of martyrdom." Mateja Matejic and Dragan Milivojevic, "An Anthology of Medieval Serbian Literature in English", Columbus, Ohio: Slavica... ...y. A small percentage of the population lived on trade behind the massive walls of Medieval cities. In most parts of central, eastern and southeast... ...ty" (New York, MacMillan, 1958) described this mental shift of paradigm thus: "The medieval citizen was on the way towards becoming an economic man... ...as characterized by tensions between party, state and the economy - exactly as the medieval polity was plagued by conflicts between church, king an... ...s of feudalism. The eleventh and twelfth centuries witnessed a concerted effort by medieval scholars to apply "scientific" principles and human kno...

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...c wisdom and passes China’s wasp secret to the West. 8. Charlemagne and Medieval Europe The illiterate warrior-king brings the scholarly monk Alcu... ...lly spread their alphabet‘s use to places as far-flung as Greece, Sicily, Italy, North Africa, southern Spain, and the British Isles. Vowel signs ... ...was on to Tunisia and Islamic Spain by the eleventh. Papermaking reached Italy by way of Sicily in 1268, but Central Europe didn‘t take up paper un... ...d the Muslim Army’s advance across the Pyrenees in 732. Charlemagne and Medieval Europe The Arabs were still in the early stages of their conquest... ...heir accomplishments, let‘s look to the times in which they are set. The medieval period (or Middle Ages) began about 500 AD with the fall of the R... ...osses. Simplifying accounting by introducing double-entry bookkeeping set Italy‘s world trade soaring. Bankers were major beneficiaries, because t... ...he empire had abandoned Britannia primarily to free its legions to defend Italy from the Visigoths‘ attacks. Britannia’s Golden Age Winston Churchi... ...glish. King Richard, the great-grandson of William, was the epitome of a medieval English king, but the Lionhearted spoke only French and spent more... ...e end of the fifteenth century. Past preservation priority proved costly Medieval Western culture focused on guarding rather than on expanding accu...

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...r than one's arbitrary birth determined one's place in life. The Roman takeover of Italy is reminiscent of the expansion of the United States durin... ... talented populist. Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the river that separated Gaul from Italy, and subdued a rebellious and obstructive Senate. He was o... ... Turks in 1456-58, and in 1460 the two despots of Morea surrendered. Thomas fled to Italy, Demetrius to the Sultan's court. In 1461 Trebizond, capit... .... This, too, is a confabulation. The Weimar Republic gave birth to Adolf Hitler and Italy had almost 50 governments in as many years. The bloodiest ... ...y - cozied up to the Kremlin, partly driven by their Euro-communist parties. So did Italy. While the Europeans were busy kowtowing to a repressive U... ...ures Why America is Hated In an age of terrorism, guerilla and total warfare the medieval doctrine of Just War needs to be re-defined. Moreover, ... ...II. Just War or a Just War? In an age of terrorism, guerilla and total warfare the medieval doctrine of Just War needs to be re-defined. Moreover,... ...hen ethics and expedience conflict with legality - which should prevail? Enter the medieval doctrine of "Just War" (justum bellum, or, more precise...

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... that are reducing their native populations. Countries like Japan, Germany, Italy and South Korea would lose population if they didn’t take in immig... ...ivilized as “reactionary.” I would never have expected Ray to duplicate the Medieval approach to religion that the Polish and German popes have been ... ...r of experienced diplomats and bank directors. He wanted all the power of a Medieval religious king. While he was elected democratically, democracy ... ...will have populations below what they are now. Russia will lose 31 million, Italy over 7 million, Poland almost 7 million, and Germany almost 4 milli... ...its rate will go back up. But in Europe, Spain is way down, just 1.15, with Italy not far behind at 1.18. It just goes to show that even in these su... ... of pension funding, for example, is a huge dent in the national budget. In Italy 12% of the country’s gross national product goes to pensions—and i...

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...elated, unemployment benefits can be flat (as is the case in Bulgaria and Italy). In Australia and New Zealand, both sickness benefits and unemploy... ...d in time. In Bulgaria, they are limited to 13 weeks, in Israel, Hungary, Italy and the Netherlands to 6 months and in France, Germany, Luxemburg an... ...he governments of Germany and France (which trimmed jobless benefits), by Italy (which stopped linking benefits to inflation), by Belgium, Spain and... ...er the age of 24 is unemployed in Spain. It is about 28% in France and in Italy. Germany, Austria and Denmark escaped this fate only by instituting ... ... 2. “Job Tenure and Labour Market Regulation: a Comparison of Britain and Italy using Micro Data”, CEPR discussion paper, October 1997. 3. “A Disag... ...r to belong to less proletarian "associations", the modern equivalents of medieval guilds. Its muscle, though, is a response to the perceived threat...

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... Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism - have wrought misery on a scale unprecedented even by medieval standards. Only Fascism and Nazism compare with them un... ...y. A small percentage of the population lived on trade behind the massive walls of Medieval cities. In most parts of central, eastern and southeast... ...ty" (New York, MacMillan, 1958) described this mental shift of paradigm thus: "The medieval citizen was on the way towards becoming an economic man... ...as characterized by tensions between party, state and the economy - exactly as the medieval polity was plagued by conflicts between church, king an... ...s of feudalism. The eleventh and twelfth centuries witnessed a concerted effort by medieval scholars to apply "scientific" principles and human kno... ...itly state so in the preamble to the law. Other, mightier, countries have done so. Italy, for instance, modelled its Law number 287 dated 10/10/90... .... This, too, is a confabulation. The Weimar Republic gave birth to Adolf Hitler and Italy had almost 50 governments in as many years. The bloodiest ... ...stria, Venezuela, Estonia, Argentina, Norway, Denmark, Sweden (until 1976), Brazil, Italy, Greece, and Spain. They talk about free contraceptives f... ...isintegration of the EU but to a new war between, let's say Russia and Germany, or Italy and Austria, or Britain and France? Ridiculous? Revisit yo...

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... Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism - have wrought misery on a scale unprecedented even by medieval standards. Only Fascism and Nazism compare with them un... ...y. A small percentage of the population lived on trade behind the massive walls of Medieval cities. In most parts of central, eastern and southeast... ...ty" (New York, MacMillan, 1958) described this mental shift of paradigm thus: "The medieval citizen was on the way towards becoming an economic man... ...as characterized by tensions between party, state and the economy - exactly as the medieval polity was plagued by conflicts between church, king an... ...s of feudalism. The eleventh and twelfth centuries witnessed a concerted effort by medieval scholars to apply "scientific" principles and human kno... ...itly state so in the preamble to the law. Other, mightier, countries have done so. Italy, for instance, modelled its Law number 287 dated 10/10/90... .... This, too, is a confabulation. The Weimar Republic gave birth to Adolf Hitler and Italy had almost 50 governments in as many years. The bloodiest ... ...stria, Venezuela, Estonia, Argentina, Norway, Denmark, Sweden (until 1976), Brazil, Italy, Greece, and Spain. They talk about free contraceptives f... ...isintegration of the EU but to a new war between, let's say Russia and Germany, or Italy and Austria, or Britain and France? Ridiculous? Revisit yo...

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...ions being expressed without regard to who thought what. This was Sicily, not Italy. The minute he had spoken to his father, his proper Italian turn... ...s into his pockets, and limped off through the crowd. CHAPTER 12 ROME, ITALY The first round of talks with the NATO Delegations went ju... ...’s help we never would have been able to release Mussolini's strangle hold on Italy." The words struck Gallucci like the booming sound of a banging... ...t say to all of the Capos." Mastronini’s brow furrowed. "Angelo, this is not Italy. I cannot order these men to come. Few of them even know you. Th... ...ted." The old man leaned back into the cushions of his chair. "My friend, in Italy we still respect the Holy Mother, the Church. What of these men?... ...rious kinds and sizes. Absorbed with the scene, they hadn't noticed the huge, medieval castle looming in front of them. The castle was fit for a Shog...

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...of Mathematics>, Bombay, India, No. 18, 53-55, 1996. [20] Leff, Gordon, "Medieval Thought from St. Augustine to Ockham", Penguin Books, Inc., Balti... ...d (T 2 , I 2 , F 2 ) under others. 98 ----------- ----------- The Medieval paradox, called Buridan’s Ass after Jean Buridan (near 1295-1356),... ...France, Sept. 1990. [52] Didero, Daniele, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Italy, http://lgxserver.uniba.it/lei/dionary/dizlink.htm. [53] Dimitrov,...

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...peaceful and fun- loving cultures in Europe. Try to find an Italian raised in Italy who is brave physically… try to find a fighter, a warrior, a sol... ...s why the practice of kidnapping rich millionaire hostages for money began in Italy. The kidnappers thought the Italians were such cowards that they... ...na it became The Great Wall. In Europe it became Cathedrals. In Renaissance Italy it became Towers. No matter what form it took: whether it was pr... ...here, and accomplishing something.’ This is nothing more than a modernized medieval oath of loyalty. Every peasant on Earth for thousands of yea... ...e murdered in his bed… which was often the case. Enter the Middle Class of Italy. Enter the Medici family of Florence. They became the go-betwee... ...e part of our past is organically connected to our present. For example: The Medieval ritual of anointing Kings with sacred oil is over 2,500 years... ...½ of Europe to the same squalor, poverty and terrorization as the rest of his medieval empire of starving slaves. The American empire was not crea... ...dden motives, multiple motives, secret agenda’s, secret plots… The history of Medieval England has many layers. Imagine sticking a bunch of ignor... ...rches. There are many first-hand accounts of the abysmal stupidity of the medieval Romans. The city became a pigsty of idiots… and every human ...

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...He narrowly escaped death at the hands of Austrian troops in a rebellion in Italy in 1831. His brother was not as lucky. Louis-Napoleon's claim to t... ...ty's inevitable downfall and corruption is the modern-day equivalent of the medieval morality play. This trajectory – from rags to riches and fame a...

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...there s a lot of safety and security in having mama take care of you. When do they start becoming responsible for themselves and the society? Italy‘... ...—―But Lee, those athletes divorced. So sometimes reality eclipses the lunar induced romantic love. But I have to agree that the ballads of the mediev...

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...ransfer (ART) financing. It is a hybrid between creative financial engineering and medieval mutual or ad hoc insurance. It often involves "captives... ...red no more than hospitality, or an expression of gratitude, in another (France, or Italy). Corruption is discussed freely and forgivingly in one p...

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...12 9 2 9 11 9 Canada 5 23 5 7 10 5 Spain 13 5 15 16 5 7 Taiwan 8 11 6 6 7 11 Italy 2 8 10 14 12 10 Source: S C., S I S ... ...each other through char- itable contributions. See, e.g., Larry Catá Backer, Medieval Poor Law in Twentieth Cen- tury America: Looking Back T owards a...

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...where religion reigned (such as in Sumeria, Egypt, the Islamic world, and Medieval Europe). With e-books, content will once more become a collabora... ...eries), with a few exceptions (e.g., in Augsburg, Germany and in Subiaco, Italy) shunned it and regarded it as a major threat to culture and civiliza... ...ad been legal to publish all of a sudden were not. Friends told me that in Italy, for example, all the great Italian operas that had entered the publ...

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...s of their development in the art of painting. Raphael wos born in Urbino, Italy, a distinctly rural land, rolling in hills. He was fond of painting a... ...'98. '98—Tho engagomont is an- nounced of Miss Jjrtouora Mariotti of Rome, Italy, to Porcival Hoary Truiimn, of tlio class of 1898, of Chicatfo, III. ... ...- ohionis itself is an incident which occurred in the southwestern part of Italy where the Cena represents the table of a Mr. •' Suddenly Rich." There... ...rd for the first semester next year. Prof. Hardy will spepd his absence in Italy, France and England, and Prof, Cleland will probably study geology in... ...ll some pho- tographs of Italian paintings of the Tuscan school of central Italy. This school includes many famous painters, as Michael Angelo, An- dr... ...istory need intelligent adaptation to the present. The differences between medieval conditions and present conditions do not invalidate the arsument t...