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The Cataclysmic Desire For Power: The Irish Rebellion Of 1641, Clare Marie Nee
The Cataclysmic Desire For Power: The Irish Rebellion Of 1641, Clare Marie Nee
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 is particularly vital to understanding the political, religious, and social tensions that still remain an issue today in Northern Ireland. This essay investigates the tensions between the English and the Irish, and determines that there is not one single cause that fueled the tensions, but rather that it is a culmination of religious, social, and economic circumstances that led to the devastation of the rebellion on both sides of the war.
Negotiated Religious Meaning: Qing And Nationalist Approaches To Religious Superscription, Parker J. Bovée
Negotiated Religious Meaning: Qing And Nationalist Approaches To Religious Superscription, Parker J. Bovée
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
This paper largely serves as a case study comparing the wildly divergent attempts, both in terms of execution and success, of the Qing dynasty and Nationalist regime in using religious symbols to appeal to the Chinese populace. While both attempted to win national support and popularity, religious superscription also reflected attempts to verify the legitimacy of the current government. Differences in the execution of religious superscription reflect the two varying approaches of the Qing and the Nationalists: an emphasis on utilizing tradition to promote imperial authority versus a total disregard of tradition in hopes of rapid change at a national …