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The life of Desiderius Erasmus and the educational reform 16th Century
... appointed as secretary of the Bishop of Cambrai, Henry of Bergen. In 1945, Henry of Bergen sent him to the University of Paris, where ... first attempt of a liberal minded scholar to underline what the writers of the New Testament had actually stated. In 1519 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Did Britain benefit from her empire in the eighteenth century?
... of Britain. The importance of this strategy was explained to the Commons in March 1801 by Henry Dundas, the Secretary of State for War, when he stated: "...the primary object of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Virgin Queen Elizabeth.
... Secretary of State and Lord Treasurer, serving Elizabeth for more than forty years. She appointed Robert Dudley, a childhood friend, as Master of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Comparison of the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
... He was secretary of the French Royal Academy of Science (1691-1741) and contributed a lot to the communication of the ... growth of states continued. Most European states enlarged their bureaucracies and consolidated their governments. However, as a result of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
How satisfactory are explanations of the welfare state reforms of the Liberal party in the U.K in 1906-14, which rest upon a 'rediscovery' of poverty coupled with middle- and upper class altruism.
... Secretary of the Board of Education, Robert Morant. Morant's primary concern was with using medical inspection as a means of revealing the mass of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Building of European Supremacy: Society and Politics to World War I - Study Notes
... , banned Jews from many forms of state service, and excluded Jews from many institutions of higher education. The police ... secretaries, retail clerks, and lower level bureaucrats in business and government. Many of them spent a considerable portion of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Describe the Nature of a Totalitarian Regime, and Compare and Contrast Hitler's Nazi Regime with that of Stalin in Communist Russia
... of government, in terms of international relations. After Lenin's death in 1924 Joseph Stalin became the general secretary of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History
The Causes of the Yugoslav Civil War
... of the Slovene League of Communists, and Slobodan Miloshević became secretary of the Serbian League of Communists. After these changes in power the directions of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Cardinal Richelieu. Statesman Or Tyrant? Discuss.
... became Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Church and the state, ... of royal grants the family was able to avoid financial difficulties. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607. He later entered politics, and became Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Influences on the fall of the Soviet Bloc
... Secretary of the CPSU in March 1985 and promised from the outset to be innovative in his approach to reform of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History