Peter the Great was a Russian tsar during 1689-1725. He looked fondly upon Western societies and desired to have Russia become more modern. Peter enforced the modernization of Russia by doing a number of different things to make this possible. He heavily taxed men who wore the older, more traditional robes and those who had … More Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great
“It is unreasonable to confine ourselves strictly to the text of the Constitution. We should interpret the Constitution broadly, to allow the federal government to exercise powers we need it to exercise, even if they aren’t actually listed in that document.” How would Thomas Jefferson respond to that statement? If we were to do … More The American Constitution
The compact and nationalist theories are ideas of how governments should be made up and how their authorities should be dispersed. The compact theory is the idea that there is a collection of smaller states and governments that make up a larger government or society. So a town has authority over itself and other … More Theories of Political Authority
I was asked to write about whether Boccaccio’s Decameron and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales where closer in outlook to the Greek, and Roman literature that I have read than to the Hebrew, Christian, and medieval literature that I have read. My opinion is that the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales are much more similar to … More The Decameron and the Canterbury Tales
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