KEY EVENTS PRIOR TO 1066 In 1016‚ Cnut of Denmark invaded England. He eradicated all opposition in a pogrom in Winter 1017‚ and ruled thereafter with a combination of Danes and newly promoted English Earls who profited from the Danish Conquest. Edward (the Confessor) fled to his father-in-law in Normandy. He finally regained the throne in 1042. William ’s later chroniclers claim (after the fact) that Edward the Confessor offered William the crown and sent Harold to pledge it to him in the Winter
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A franklin‚ in Chaucer’s time‚ was a freehold landowner whose status would have been that of the minor gentry. Chaucer’s pilgrim is described as having been a member of Parliament‚ a magistrate‚ a sheriff and a district auditor‚ and would thus have been a very important person in his local community. He is by no means a poor man‚ as if evident from the description given in the General Prologue. His tale is told immediately after that of the Squire‚ who would have come from the social level just above
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protecting their own interests in southern Vietnam. In turn‚ Cambodia relied on French protection to stop Vietnamese invasions on the eastern border. On 11 August 1863‚ King Norodom signed a ‘treaty of friendship‚ commerce and French protection’ with the Breton sailor Admiral Pierre de La Grandière‚ whose gunboat was moored on the river
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The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare‚ in the Merchant of Venice‚ portrays Shylock as one vivid character who can be analysed in various ways. Shylock is portrayed as a complex character who defies explanation and who will probably never be fully understood. Rather than a one-dimensional villain viewed through the eyes of the Elizabethan era when the play was written‚ Shylock can also be seen as both an Elizabethan stereotype and a fully drawn human being when the play is viewed through modern
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“The Boat” written by Alistair MacLeod tells a story about a father’s life and how he lived as a fisherman. The narrator is an adult man who looks back on his life of when his father was still living because even though he got a university education‚ he now wants the life his father had. He expresses how his father always wanted him to become something bigger and better then what he became. The author‚ Alistair MacLeod‚ used many different writing techniques within this short story. The symbolism
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fishing for instance. We thought that Nova Scotia could focus on resorts vacationers seeking water sports and good weather. Another asset of Nova Scotia is its beautiful landscape‚ and the activities provided to vacationers such as camping in Cape Breton‚ trips to watch whales and other animals‚ among others so it could also target outdoor vacationers seeking clean air‚ rest‚ quiet and beautiful scenery. As they can get to Nova Scotia by car‚ Eastern American tourists should be targeted as well.
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The Meaning and Scope of The Humanities Humanities The word humanities comes from the latin humanus‚ which means human‚ cultured and refined. To be human is to be have or show qualities like rationality‚ kindness and tenderness. It has different connotations in different historical eras. Today‚ however‚ we know of humanities as a loosely defined group of cultural subject areas. Unlike other subjects‚ it is not a group of scientific or technical subjects. The Scope of Humanities The humanities
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As just young children‚ we are almost immediately taught about the power of our words. Parents constantly lecture children on the consequences of what they say‚ emphasizing how powerful just one word can be to someone. Often‚ we are taught this with bullying. A common saying we learned as children is “If you don’t have nothing to say‚ don’t say it at all.” Throughout Shakespeare’s epic‚ Richard III‚ there is a clear theme showing the power of word choice. Richard uses words to gain power‚ woo Lady
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It’s impossible to cover the whole subject‚ so we will explain the mean features of the earlier times. The first historian‚ Bede‚ born in the 1st century‚ wrote in the 8th century the Ecclesiastical history of the English people‚ and he said that Bretons came from Brittany‚ that the Picts‚ in the North‚ came from Scandinavia. He goes on to describe the movements of people since the departure of the Romans from the coast of Brittany. Scots had colonized western Scotland‚ from Northern Ireland; and
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First Nations is the name used by Canada ’s Aboriginal or indigenous people‚ which refer to Indian people and may sometimes‚ include the Metis and Inuit. Terminology referring to Aboriginal or Native people is complex and is not always what Aboriginal persons would call them. The term "Indian" is defined as either a member of any of the Aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere (but excluding the Inuit and the Métis)‚ or in the legal sense of the Indian Act. The term "Inuit‚" replacing the term
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