savagery
31sav|age|ry — «SAV ihj ree», noun, plural ries. 1. fierceness; cruelty; brutality: »What they could not get by borrowing or adapting, they went after with a savagery that bloodied history (Time). SYNONYM(S): ferocity. 2. wildness: »The appear …
32Béhanzin — His symbols are the shark, the egg (a rebus of his name), and a captive hanging from a flagpole (a reference to a boastful and rebellious Nago practitioner of harmful magic from Ketou whom the king hanged from a flagpole as punishment for his… …
33Last and First Men — infobox Book | name = Last and First Men image caption = First edition cover author = Olaf Stapledon illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Methuen release date = 1930… …
34Vesting Prayers — are prayers which are said while a cleric puts on vestments as part of a liturgy of the Catholic (Universal) Church, whether Eastern or Western. They feature as part of the liturgy in question itself, and take place either before or after a… …
35Pál Prónay — (1875 1945?) was a Hungarian reactionary and paramilitary commander in the years following the First World War. He is considered to have been the most brutal of the Hungarian National Army officers who led the White Terror that followed Hungary’s …
36berserker — [bərsʉr′kər, bərzʉr′kər] n. 〚ON berserkr, warrior clothed in bearskin < bera, BEAR2 + serkr, coat〛 1. one of a group of early Norse warriors known for their ferocity in battle 2. one who is like a berserker, as in behaving violently, with frenzy… …
37Morgan, Lewis Henry — born Nov. 21, 1818, near Aurora, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 17, 1881, Rochester, N.Y. U.S. ethnologist and a principal founder of scientific anthropology. Morgan developed a deep interest in the American Indians and in 1846 was eventually adopted by… …
38American Indians — American Indians † Catholic Encyclopedia ► American Indians GENERAL When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492 he was welcomed by a brown skinned people whose physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion that… …
39Christianity and colonialism — are often closely associated because Catholicism and Protestantism were the religions of the European colonial powers[1] and acted in many ways as the religious arm of those powers.[2] According to Edward Andrews, Christian missionaries were… …
40Debates over Americanization — According to The Norton Anthology of American Literature, the term Americanization was coined in the early 1900s and “referred to a concerted movement to turn immigrants into Americans, including classes, programs, and ceremonies focused on… …
