Essay from the year 2016 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: In this essay, I will give an account on how the Roman pope became the religious leader of the Western Empire, by historical forces and intelligent use of institutions, language and imagery. Through historical forces, especially invasions into the Western Empire, as well as clever use of language, law and imagery the Roman pope had largely gained religious leadership of Western Roman Empire by the sixth century. It is uncertain which pope first acclaimed the title pontifex maximus and it is difficult to say by what time exactly the papacy had supreme religious authority. But the events between the fourth and sixth century are largely responsible for the status of the Roman pope, which ever since has enabled him to justifiably be called pontifex maximus. When the Republic became the Roman Empire, it marked a change for the office of the Pontifex maximus. From 12 BC onwards, when Emperor Augustus took over the position, it was an imperial office. Now the state had religious authority and preeminent capacity to introduce religious reform. For at least the next 300 years Roman emperors would use their designation as Pontifex maximus to justify their position as the head of Roman religion. The role of the Pontifex Maximus was now to act as an intermediary between the Empire and the gods, including a variety of functions: He was responsible for the fabric of religious cults, organized rituals and temples, and had the power to issue edicts. Since the Roman Republic, though, the main function of the office had always been to guard the ius divinum (sacred law) so that the peace of the gods (pax deorum) would keep the Empire prosperous and undefeated. The papacy therefore could only claim the title pontifex maximus once it would have authority over the sacred law, which was a long way to go.
Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Economics - Economic Cycle and Growth, grade: 1,0, Quest University Canada, course: Poverty, Inequality & Development, language: English, abstract: The need for nutritional intake is probably the most fundamental physical need of human beings. Still, although many people have never experienced starvation, almost one billion in the world are suffering from malnourishment in our world. This is surely an undesirable condition itself. This paper further expands on the problem of malnourishment, by arguing that it decreases the effectiveness of labor and thus has a negative effect on total production and growth. There is wide evidence in the academic literature on the damaging effects of malnourishment, ranging from restricted human development, especially of children, to increased mortality rates. These papers have shown that starvation negatively affects both physical and mental abilities, which gives reason to assume decreased effectiveness of labor as a result of malnourishment. According to the United Nations, we will define those suffering from malnourishment as the „people whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out a light physical activity’’ (Patel, 2012). The proposed model is intended to demonstrate that preventing starvation may be beneficial to overall income. It does notclaim thatreducinghungerdoesnot have othervalues.Aswearedealing with aglobal problem, the model will represent the world economy as one economy, so that national income equals global income.
Project Report from the year 2016 in the subject Economics - Economic Cycle and Growth, grade: 1,0, Quest University Canada, language: English, abstract: Our study, despite general doubts, aims to deliver answers to how exactly growth of microenterprises is possible. Our proposed experiment combines different aspects of recent studies that found positive effects on growth. We thus want to set our study in the context of a larger, new strategy in development economics, proposed by Banerjee and Duflo in “Poor Economics”: “the accumulation of a set of small steps, each well thought out, carefully tested, and judiciously implemented”. Through a global economic perspective, it is striking that some countries are very rich and some countries are very poor. In order for poor countries to catch up, their economies have to grow. This growth can be generated through foreign companies in developing countries or firms run by local elites. However, these comprise the dangers of profits not staying in the country and of strengthening corrupt of oppressing elites. An alternative way lies in the generation of growth of very small enterprises. The incomes they generate are more likely to reach the poorer part of the population (e.g. by creating employment) or to be reinvested generating further growth than when money flows to local elites or abroad. We thus see the generation of growth for microenterprises as crucial in terms of the economic development and alleviation of poverty in poor countries. However, we agree with Easterly, that it is wrong to ask “the question of what the end of poverty requires” (Easterly, 2006, p. 11). Instead, it is important to look at more concrete problems and find ways to solve them. We see growth of microenterprises as one of such problems, as it is inhibited by a number of constraints. Some researchers even raise “doubts that microenterprises can generate general economic growth” (Fiala, 2013). Even the young, widely implemented phenomenon of microfinance has not changed much in terms of growth. In Poor Economics, Banerjee and Duflo write about microfinance: “”We cannot count on it to be a stepping-stone for larger business to be created”, and that this would be “the next big challenge for finance in developing countries” (Banerjee & Duflo, 2012).
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: In this essay, I will give an account on how the Roman pope became the religious leader of the Western Empire, by historical forces and intelligent use of institutions, language and imagery. Through historical forces, especially invasions into the Western Empire, as well as clever use of language, law and imagery the Roman pope had largely gained religious leadership of Western Roman Empire by the sixth century. It is uncertain which pope first acclaimed the title pontifex maximus and it is difficult to say by what time exactly the papacy had supreme religious authority. But the events between the fourth and sixth century are largely responsible for the status of the Roman pope, which ever since has enabled him to justifiably be called pontifex maximus. When the Republic became the Roman Empire, it marked a change for the office of the Pontifex maximus. From 12 BC onwards, when Emperor Augustus took over the position, it was an imperial office. Now the state had religious authority and preeminent capacity to introduce religious reform. For at least the next 300 years Roman emperors would use their designation as Pontifex maximus to justify their position as the head of Roman religion. The role of the Pontifex Maximus was now to act as an intermediary between the Empire and the gods, including a variety of functions: He was responsible for the fabric of religious cults, organized rituals and temples, and had the power to issue edicts. Since the Roman Republic, though, the main function of the office had always been to guard the ius divinum (sacred law) so that the peace of the gods (pax deorum) would keep the Empire prosperous and undefeated. The papacy therefore could only claim the title pontifex maximus once it would have authority over the sacred law, which was a long way to go.
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: The question about the sincerity of Roman Emperor Constantine’s faith matters for two reasons. First, during his reign at the beginning of the fourth century AD Christianity became a religio licita, after having been only a superstitio illicita before. It was Constantine who really paved the way for a Christian empire, which has heavily influenced world history until now. The sincerity of his faith might explain his success. Second, this is a question about motive. If we can better understand the underlying motivations of Constantine, any other speculations about his life and his actions become more plausible. A Variety of sources are available to us, each one having strengths and limitations. Unfortunately, there are hardly any texts delivered by Constantine himself, which means that we can only speculate on the sincerity of his faith without ever being sure. Coins issued by Constantine are a reliable primary source, but being a very public item they might not tell us much on his private beliefs. The same holds for public documents issued by Constantine like the Edict of Milan. On the other side, we have two detailed accounts on his life by two of his contemporaries, Eusebius of Caesarea (“Life of Constantine”) and Lactantius (“On the deaths of the persecutors”). As both are Christians, we have to take into account the bias due to the incentive to portrait Constantine like a saint.
Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Economics - Economic Cycle and Growth, grade: 1,0, Quest University Canada, course: Poverty, Inequality & Development, language: English, abstract: The need for nutritional intake is probably the most fundamental physical need of human beings. Still, although many people have never experienced starvation, almost one billion in the world are suffering from malnourishment in our world. This is surely an undesirable condition itself. This paper further expands on the problem of malnourishment, by arguing that it decreases the effectiveness of labor and thus has a negative effect on total production and growth. There is wide evidence in the academic literature on the damaging effects of malnourishment, ranging from restricted human development, especially of children, to increased mortality rates. These papers have shown that starvation negatively affects both physical and mental abilities, which gives reason to assume decreased effectiveness of labor as a result of malnourishment. According to the United Nations, we will define those suffering from malnourishment as the „people whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out a light physical activity’’ (Patel, 2012). The proposed model is intended to demonstrate that preventing starvation may be beneficial to overall income. It does notclaim thatreducinghungerdoesnot have othervalues.Aswearedealing with aglobal problem, the model will represent the world economy as one economy, so that national income equals global income.
Project Report from the year 2016 in the subject Economics - Economic Cycle and Growth, grade: 1,0, Quest University Canada, language: English, abstract: Our study, despite general doubts, aims to deliver answers to how exactly growth of microenterprises is possible. Our proposed experiment combines different aspects of recent studies that found positive effects on growth. We thus want to set our study in the context of a larger, new strategy in development economics, proposed by Banerjee and Duflo in “Poor Economics”: “the accumulation of a set of small steps, each well thought out, carefully tested, and judiciously implemented”. Through a global economic perspective, it is striking that some countries are very rich and some countries are very poor. In order for poor countries to catch up, their economies have to grow. This growth can be generated through foreign companies in developing countries or firms run by local elites. However, these comprise the dangers of profits not staying in the country and of strengthening corrupt of oppressing elites. An alternative way lies in the generation of growth of very small enterprises. The incomes they generate are more likely to reach the poorer part of the population (e.g. by creating employment) or to be reinvested generating further growth than when money flows to local elites or abroad. We thus see the generation of growth for microenterprises as crucial in terms of the economic development and alleviation of poverty in poor countries. However, we agree with Easterly, that it is wrong to ask “the question of what the end of poverty requires” (Easterly, 2006, p. 11). Instead, it is important to look at more concrete problems and find ways to solve them. We see growth of microenterprises as one of such problems, as it is inhibited by a number of constraints. Some researchers even raise “doubts that microenterprises can generate general economic growth” (Fiala, 2013). Even the young, widely implemented phenomenon of microfinance has not changed much in terms of growth. In Poor Economics, Banerjee and Duflo write about microfinance: “”We cannot count on it to be a stepping-stone for larger business to be created”, and that this would be “the next big challenge for finance in developing countries” (Banerjee & Duflo, 2012).
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