In order to arrive at a reasonable and fair solution of the question propounded in our theme we shall first take a brief survey of the state of Italy shortly before and at the time when Savonarola began his life as a member ...

The privileged classes in France meant the First and Second Estates, the Clergy and the nobility. Theoretically, all the clergy were privileged. The Church had been part of the feudal system; her bishops, abbots, members ...

In the troubled political and social period of our country, those years Just preceding the Civil War, a new and startling change was entering into our background of literature and poetry. John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph ...

The word "Great" has justly been attributed to St. Gregory who stands as a dividing mark between the Ancient World and the Middle Ages, and who, undoubtedly, did more than any other one individual to direct the course of ...

The purpose of the present thesis is to show the influence of the Bible on English prose writers. To set forth this influence more directly and clearly a number of representative authors from various periods of English ...

"Poetry is the soul in vision, in flight, in ecstasy; its charm is tangible’ only by the soul." This definition of poetry gives the sum total of its essence. Poetry reguires(sic) soul appreciation. There is something of ...

The aim of this study is to Interpret and analyze the philosophical Ideas of Q. K. Chesterton, as they were expressed in his early philosophical books, especially in Heretics and Orthodoxy.

Among the leading problems in the field of education today, the question of school finance is demanding an increased measure of attention. The spirit of investigation and research is growing apace with the needs and ...

This thesis presents for the most part a narrative history of the Knickerbocker Magazine. The author has tried to bring out the type of periodical that the Knickerbocker belonged to, and something of its aims and influences. ...

"The fairest things have sweetest end. Their scent survives their close. But the rose's scent is bitterness. To him. that loved the rose."-- Francis Thompson | Those "fairest things" are verified in the life of Joan of ...