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    Anne Hutchison’s defense was that she did all her action in the privacy of home or in private‚ that she "must either speak false or true in my answers" in the ministerial context of the meeting. Within those private gatherings‚ she had cited Proverbs 29:25

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    side of life” (Sasson). This shows that seeing the bright side of life will make all worries and negativity dissipate during tough challenges. During World War 2‚ many people used the method of positivity to endure the misery. From Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl‚ Anne Frank tries to stay positive while in hiding. It was exceedingly challenging getting around without getting captured by the Nazi. Another novel is Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Incarceration During World War ll and a Librarian

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    Queen Elizabeth I

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    know much about her childhood or her life at all. Much of what we know is how popular of a queen she was. Elizabeth’s name has become a synonym for the era of her rule (1559-1603). She was born on September 7‚ 1533 to famous King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn‚ one of his many wives at Greenwich Palace. Her birth was one of her father’s greatest disappointments because he had wanted a son. She was named after both of her grandmothers. Elizabeth spent most of her youth at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire

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    Van Pels Family Essay

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    Imagine not being able to go outside for over two years and living with another family you have never met. As difficult as this may seem to believe‚ this is exactly what the Frank family and the Van Pels family had to go through‚ along with many other restrictions on their daily life. After the innocent killing of Jews during the Holocaust began‚ thousands of Jewish families were forced into hiding just like the Franks and Van Pels. Miep was one non-Jew who helped these families stay hidden by

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    to the throne of England in 1509 after his elder brother‚ Arthur died‚ becoming the next in line to the throne. At that moment the country was Catholic and was controlled by the Pope in Rome. Henry had six wives (Catherine of Aragon‚ Anne Boleyn‚ Jane Seymour‚ Anne of Cleves‚ Catherine Howard‚ and Katherine Parr); he executed two and divorced two. His first divorce‚ from Catherine of Aragon‚ was opposed by the Pope‚ leading to England’s break with the Roman Catholic Church In the establishment

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    of annulment‚ and Catherine was denounced as Queen and hid away in several dark and unhealthy castles. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry. She was from Hever‚ United Kingdom. Sometime near the end of 1532‚ Anne finally gave way and by December she was pregnant. To avoid any questions of the legitimacy of the child‚ Henry was forced into action. Sometime near January 25th‚ 1533‚ Anne and Henry were secretly married. Even though his and Catherine’s marriage was not dissolved‚ in the King’s

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    Tower of London

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    function of the Tower changed over the years and it became a prison housing some very important state prisoners and as a place of trials‚ execution and torture. Stories of some of the tower’s most famous prisoners Anne Boleyn‚ Queen of England(1507- 1536) Execution by Beheading Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII. She asked whether she was to be taken to a dungeon but was assured she would be imprisoned in the Royal apartments where she spent her time before her coronation

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    Mary Read Research Paper

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    Read"). On the ship was also the famous Anne Bonny. Anne came around and started to like the young man also known as Mary Read ("Mary Read"). When Anne and Mary had time alone‚ Mary unbuttoned her shirt and showed Anne her breast and that she was a true women ("Mary Read"). Mary said to Anne she would much rather be on Calico Jack’s ship instead of living a women’s life ("Mary Read"). The guys soon came around and realized that Mary was actually a woman. Anne‚ Jack‚ and Mary worked together so

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    individuals shared the same fear of being discovered‚ and the combination of the different characters made the situation even more difficult. To be with the same people for two years‚ around the clock everyday creates an exhausting behavior and in the diary‚ Anne describes how hard it become to distinguish between reality and death during their endless days in hiding

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    in this essay‚ Jones was first commissioned by Anne of Denmark to work on a masque‚ The Masque of Blackness. Masques were private entertainments presented at the courts of James I and Charles I. These entertainments of spoken poetry‚ music‚ and dance were portrayed with England’s most lavish and extraordinary theatrical effects to date. Inigo Jones almost always created the costumes‚ sceneries‚ and effects for the court masques of England. When Anne of Denmark commissioned Jones for The Masque of

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