The burning of the Reichstag on the 27th February 1933, was a fundamental milestone for the consolidation of the Hitler regime. The debate continues to rage as to the responsibility of the fire, however, ...
Today’s political reality exists under a canopy of terrorism. Not terrorism as an actuality, for the most part, but terrorism as a perpetual threat, as the creature under the bed. True, the creature ...
Imagine the scene as the protestors trudged down the street, their faces set in grim determination. Some carried rocks or bricks to throw and their leader stepped out before them, her sharpened weapon ...
... soon as possible. There is an old English saying that: ‘Many of the fairest without are the foulest within.’ And The Beauty was a wicked stepmother of proverbial proportions.
She so starved young Coignet ...
Part One: The essay question.
The first and most important part to writing a good history essay is to understand the question. Many students fail to reach their grade because they fail to grasp the ...
Murder is horrible – of that there is no doubt. Yet, with the passage of time, horror often turns to morbid fascination, particularly with unsolved cases such as ‘The Ripper’ crimes; perhaps more fascinating ...
Though we think of Dolley Madison today as either the name of a pastry company or as a First Lady who used snuff, to her contemporaries she was an honored, respected and beloved figure. Her service as ...
To say that there were significant challenges facing Abraham Lincoln as he assumed the Presidency of the United States would be an understatement. Between the time that he was elected in November, 1860, ...
In 1861, Americans went to war with each other to determine if their young republic could endure as a unified nation or if it should be divided between the North and the South. The question of whether ...
For many years now, speculation has been rife about who exactly was ‘Jack the Ripper’. Suspects range from John Pizer, a Jewish shoemaker to Sir William Gull, the Royal Physician. Even Queen Victoria’s ...
Enkele gedachten bij Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own
Leesproces
In wat volgt, geef ik weer wat de boodschap, de ideeën en de vorm van ‘A Room of One’s Own’ bij het lezen bij me hebben opgeroepen. ...
De Conventie van Genève: vluchtelingen vs. burgers, vrouw vs. man
Ik wil in deze paper eerst in het kort een paar bedenkingen formuleren over de UNO en de Conventie zelf. Vervolgens ga ik na wat het ...
Why was Thomas Wentworth, the Earl of Strafford, executed in May 1641?
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, was impeached for the charge of “endeavouring to subvert the fundamental laws and government...and ...
... Relihan continues to argue that this symbolism was important to the English social order, where Elizabeth had to support both the aristocracy who believed that their position should be secured with closure, ...
In 1947 David Dallin and Boris Nicolaevsky published their book Forced Labor in Soviet Russia. In this book they tell the horrific story of how 12,000 gulag prisoners perished on the SS Dzhurma after it ...
Why did the Turks besiege Vienna in 1683?
In 1683, the Turks once again attacked and besieged Vienna. This revival of Turkish aggression, which had previously spanned the centuries, sent Christian ...
The German High Command: what influence did they have on the declaration of war in 1914?
The origin of the First World War is a highly controversial topic. Historians have been debating and assessing ...
How did eighteenth century feminists respond to Rousseau’s views on education for women?
In 1762 Rousseau published his views on education in the controversial book: Emile ou l’Education. By early ...
Rousseau vs. Wollstonecraft
Als basis voor de vergelijking van de opvoedings- en onderwijsideeën van Jean-Jacques Rousseau en Mary Wollstonecraft hebben de vijf boeken van ‘Emile ou l’Education’ en hoofdstuk ...
... was not isolated to class, religion or creed. Equally it was condemned by a majority, comprising all classes, religions and creeds in English society. The medical profession advised strongly against employing ...
