In America, especially around St. Patrick’s Day, you can just open the window to your home or car and hear people basically shouting their Irish pride. Not that this is not great, but some people hardly realize their background’s history. If you are going to shout about your Irish pride and put the Irish flag ...
One of the autocrats of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was Louis XIV. He ruled over France from 1643 to 1715 and was a very powerful leader. During his reign Louis was focused on glorifying both his name and his country. His motto during his rule was one king, one law, one faith ...
The Thirty Years’ War, which lasted from 1618 until 1648, was the most gruesome war started by religion in European history. Almost every European nation was involved in the conflict either directly or indirectly, the major players being Bohemia, Spain, France, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden. The war, which began and ended in the Holy Roman ...
In “Clay,” James Joyce illustrates through Maria’s contradictory characteristics the evolution of Christian celebrations from pagan roots. Joyce’s main character, Maria, is connected both to the Virgin Mary and the witch archetype. Maria’s relation to the Virgin Mary connects her to the Catholic Church of modern Dublin. In contrast, her association with the witch archetype ...
The dominant Spanish Catholic culture was a prevailing force and did its best to tower over over cultures that it encountered. The Spanish Catholic church showed such contempt for other believes (Judaism, Protestants, Scientists, etc) that when these believes started to seep into their own culture, they went as far as to create ways to ...