Council of Europe

Catholic Church was reformed in Germany in Western Europe, then to other parts of and later to other parts of the world. This move was initiated officially by Martin Luther in 1517, who challenged the church of Roman for selling indulgences. Martin’s initiative occurred when he discussed his disappointments by posting ninety-five theses and directing them to the church authorities. The church was excluded from power, and parliament, city and royal councils formed as a result of the reformation.…

Balkans, buffered by internal wars that threatened the very foundation of its political life, Europe shuddered.”1 This negative view of the late Middle Ages also results from the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) that opposed France and England for over a century, popular uprisings that punctuated the 13th and 14th centuries, the economic contraction and the great Schism that divided the Catholic church. However, Europe in the late Middle Ages “shrugged and forged ahead”, in other words, people of…

1. Europe has not always been as prominent as it is today. The first civilizations to develop in 4000 BC were Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China. During that time Europe was still in the Neolithic Age. However, in 2000 BC, Europe suddenly went from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age and immediately to the Iron Age in a matter of 150 years. This took the first civilizations 2000 years to accomplish. The cause of this is thought to be due to the Aryan migration. For a short time…

As Napoleon continued in his campaign against Europe, he turned his sights to Switzerland. After his arrival, he successfully conquered Switzerland in 1798. His plans were to centralize the loosely governed country by imposing a constitution. In doing so he created the Helvetic Republic, a regime greatly disliked by Swiss natives. It is easy to reason that the regime was disliked since it was imposed by an invading country, but a big factor in the opposition was that the regime failed to…

Political Refugees of Syria The worst migration crises of the generation has swept through Europe. Unwilling to prevent civil war in the neighboring country Syria hundreds of thousands of Syrians flood Europe. Europe is unprepared and overwhelmed by number of refugees from surrounding poor countries and Syrians fleeing war. Migrant crises is nothing new to The United States and its southern states being discussed in, “America Is Committed to take more Syrian Refugees, According to John…

in 20th century in the region of South-Eastern Europe. During 18th century, the Ottoman Empire established political and social unity in the Balkan region and it’s called Pax Ottomanica. The Ottoman Empire stabilized the external border of the Balkans, although the Ottoman Empire was declining due to increase of Christian population and power in the region. According to Paschalis M. there are two maps that explain the distribution of languages of Europe between 17th and 18th century. The first…

then he spoke, “don’t hurt me.” It was late and I was tired, so tired that I barely heard my other colleagues usually I hear Derek on the phone yelling at a woman who talked about how the council had taken her son away from her yelling, “I’m going to put a stop to this.” It all didn’t really bother me the council was evil and they did take people and their lives, but that’s just how it is and I’ve learned to live with it so far. I heard my name being called…

Freshman Class Council. This is when I reached out to the president, Darren Johnson Jr. to set up an interview. The reason I wanted to interview him and the Freshman Class Council in general was, that they do so much for the freshman class and that impressed me from the day I got on campus. Through my interview I found out a lot of information about what Freshman Class Council is and what they do. On September, 27 I got to sit down with Darren. He was elected to be the Freshman Class Council…

Following the end of World War II, peace was on the mind of many of the world’s citizens. It was clear that stubborn positions of nationalism had not only feed the beast that was Nazis Germany, but had also prevented capable, neighboring powers in Europe from coming together quickly enough to halt the blitz early on. European economies, militaries, and citizens were left horribly ravished, displaced and war-torn. Only an astonishing 20 years had passed between the end of the First World War and…

united and peaceful Europe as a common project. With this blurred idea in mind and way too optimistic about the idea of Europe as one, the Austrian Count Coudenhove Kalergi, in 1923, founded the Pan-European Movement. He was the first one to conceive of a union of European nations and also wrote the Pan-Europa manifesto in 1923. In 1926, he managed to bring together diverse political figures in the First European Congress held in Vienna. In his manifesto, he has beautifully said: “Europe as a…