aaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1-116. Pearsall is concerned with romances written between 1240 and 1400 in England (1240 is the date of the MS in which King Horn‚ etc.‚ appear). (In another article‚ Pearsall has specifically treated fifteenth-century English romances.) "Any sophisticated historical morphology of romance involves a knowledge of date‚ dialect‚ manuscript provenance‚ metrical form‚ exact
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Religion in Britain Barely 16 per cent of the adult population of Britain belongs to one of the Christian churches‚ and this proportion continues to decline. Yet the regional variation is revealing. In England only 12 per cent of the adult population are members of a church. The further one travels from London‚ however‚ the greater the attendance: in Wales 22 per cent‚ in Scotland 36 per cent and in Northern Ireland no fewer than 75 per cent. Today there is complete freedom of practice‚ regardless
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Multicultural Britain The 21th century Great Britain is a richly diverse society and culture‚ and the British people belong to a melting pot of ethnic backgrounds‚ languages‚ cultures and religions. The transformation of Britain into a multicultural society has happened rather quickly. There have been ethnic minorities in Britain for hundreds of years‚ but it was not until the last half of the 20th century that immigration to Britain really took of. At the beginning of the 1950s‚ Britain’s
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The Battle of Britain was one of the most epic all-air battles in history. The battle took place between the United Kingdom and Germany‚ during World War II‚ from July through September 1940. Germany wanted to take over the land and seaports in the United Kingdom and spread their fascist ways. The United Kingdom wanted to protect their “island”‚ Europe and the world by fighting back and defeating Germany . The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom‚ Winston Churchill‚ is quoted as saying in his famous
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Multicultural Britain For a long time the UK has been a multicultural state composed of England‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland and Wales. And as far back as the 1000s they had the Celts‚ the Anglo-Saxons‚ Vikings and Normans. Now it is also a multicultural society containing diverse cultures and identities. In a way‚ Britain can call itself multicultural‚ but to truly be a multicultural country‚ Britain has to embrace and accept other cultures. It is in this point Britain fails. If UK decides to
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Essay-Focus on Britain. Does it make any sense to still “Focus on Britain” in contemporary times? Discuss the case for and against. This essay will illustrate as to whether in todays’ modern society it still makes sense to focus on Britain alone. It will do this by discussing the cases for and against each point considering important factors such as globalisation‚ traditionalism and multiculturalism. The debate as to whether or not the idea to focus solely on Britain is wise is one that has
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‘for the people‚ of the people and by the people’‚ was necessary in Britain‚ as Aristotle once said‚ ‘man is by nature a political animal’. Franchise is the right to be able to vote and in 1830‚ only one out of ten adult males could vote; by 1832 it was a privilege of the landed elite and by 1928 it was a right of all eligible adults (over the age of 21). By 1928‚ Britain was almost democratic but not entirely so. Before 1850‚ Britain had a rule of aristocracy‚ there was great political influence from
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Britain at war Unseen archives Chapter one The opening moves By the morning of the 3th september 1939 war was inevitable. Prime minister neville chamberlain broadcast to the nation at 11.15 a. that this country is at war withg germany this declaration followed britans issuing of an ultimatum to germany to withdraw from the polish territory they had attacked and occupied in the early hoin urs of the 1st september
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he Romans in Britain The Romans arrived in Britain in 55 BC. The Roman Army had been fighting in Gaul (France) and the Britons had been helping the Gauls in an effort to defeat the Romans. The leader of the Roman Army in Gaul‚ Julius Caesar‚ decided that he had to teach the Britons a lesson for helping the Gauls – hence his invasion. Julius Ceasar In late August 55 BC‚ 12‚000 Roman soldiers landed about 6 miles from Dover. Caesar had planned to land in Dover itself‚ but had to change his
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highest ever "It is not the function of the government to relieve individuals of their responsibilities to their neighbours‚ or to relieve private institutions of their responsibilities to the public." Hoover. There was no prospect at all of Britain and France risking their navies or armies in war with Japan. Only the USA and the USSR would have had the resources to remove the japanese from Manchuria by forces and they were not even members of the league. Germany unhappy that other countries
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