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Durant wrote Heroes of History more for the layman than the scholar. Historical facts were interspersed with the author's opinions and reflections. "This book is likely to find a wide audience among those looking for an introduction to world history", says John Little of Publishers Weekly, "but the absence of a bibliography and source notes may denote to scholars a certain lack of rigor."
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 December 2024. Person or character who combats adversity through ingenuity, courage, or strength "Heroism" and "Heroine" redirect here. For the film, see Heroism (film). For other uses, see Hero (disambiguation), Heroine (disambiguation), and Heroes (disambiguation). The examples and perspective in ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of heroes may refer to: List of Greek mythological figures; Lists of superheroes; List of Heroes characters
Hero (masculine) and heroine (feminine) refer to people or characters that, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self-sacrifice, that is, heroism, for some greater good
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.
The name Emerca from a form *ambr-, possibly a form of *amal (Amal dynasty). [93] The name Fritla/Fritele is probably a hypocoristic form of names beginning with PGmc *friðu ("peace") with the diminutive suffix -ilo. [94] The name Egarð is probably from the German Eckehart (see Eckehart), while the name Áki is probably from the figure of ...
Oliver Cromwell from Cromwell (1970) and Rodrigo from El Cid (1961) are both historical figures who are presented as reluctant heroes, chosen by others to fight for a noble cause. Both are pulled away from their families and their homes where they would prefer to remain, and reluctantly sacrifice their normal lives for the causes they have ...
The stock character also became common in the film genre, which extended the genre to the Golden Age of Piracy. As swashbuckler stories are often mixed with the romance genre, there will often be a beautiful, aristocratic female love interest to whom the hero expresses a refined, courtly love .