origin‚ when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and English people in England are British citizens. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles‚ Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain in the fifth century AD.[8] Historically‚ the English population is descended from several peoples — the earlier Britons (or Brythons)‚ the Germanic tribes that settled in the region (including Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes‚ collectively known as the
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2010). The colour of skin of the characters makes them ‘better’ or ‘worse’ in the atmosphere of the book. Britain and its ally France was beating against the fascist Germany. How can be possible then that Britain’s attitudes was racist? Why Britain makes differences between the race white and black and at the same time tried to suffocate the fire of fascism? The reason is simple‚ Great Britain was not used to the ‘aliens’ or ‘strangers’ before the war. Their imperialistic ideology could not see the
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about the great things he has passed through. St. Patrick was one of the first and most influential missionaries to Ireland‚ bravely entering this superstitious and violent country to bring the healing balm of the gospel. Firstly He was born in Great Britain nearing the end of the fourth century. He was the son of Calpornius‚ who was a deacon and decurion. Patrick was of a noble birth‚ he was a Roman citizen. At about the near age of 16 he was captured by barbaric Irish pirates and taken to Ireland where
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food in your mouth; never mix food on your plate. In Britain ‚ people prefer to have their meals at their place of work or school or college. The reason for this practice is that in most cases‚ they have their place of work far from where they live. In many European countries it is normal to have a long break in the middle of the day when all members of the family return to their houses to eat together. This is not very common in Britain because normally it is a long way from the place of work
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state.He is a type rather than an individual. Thus Lancelot‚ Tristan and Gawain are hardly distinguishable from one another.The medieval romances can be broadly divided into four categories-the Matter of Rome‚the Matter of France‚ the Matter of Britain and the "Matter of England." The matter of Rome deals with classical stories-the mightly exploits of Alexander‚ the Great‚ the Trojan war‚ the siege of Thebes‚ the siege of Troy‚ the adventures of Aeneas etc. It represents the ancient classical culture
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surrender. He celebrated his triumph by entering Colchester (Camulodunum) on an elephant to accept the surrender. That is why he is called ‘conqueror of the ocean’. We Romans invaded Britain first with Julius Caesar in AD44 because we thought it was the end of the known world. Plus we knew that the Barbarians lived in Britain. The Barbarians were an uncivilised people and Caesar wanted them to be civilised. So he travelled over the channel to make a treaty with the tribes saying that they wouldn’t attack
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countries of the United Kingdom. Scottish‚ Welsh and Northern Irish customs and identity are quite different‚ despite the fact that Britain is often identified as "England" in the worldwide media. The first thing to note about English culture today is that it has been heavily influenced by the large number of foreign customs it has incorporated into its society. Britain in general has been‚ for the recent past‚ an extremely multicultural place to be‚ with a variety of people of different ethnic origins
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The London Dungeon Fill the gaps with the correct tenses. 1. The London Dungeon (lie) __________ in the oldest part of London - in an old subterranean prison (that’s what the word Dungeon (stand) __________ for). 2. The museum (take) __________ its visitors on a journey through England’s bloody history. 3. It (demonstrate) __________ the brutal killings and tortures of the past. 4. You (experience / can) __________ for example how people (die) __________ on the Gallow or during
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acting really shady the last few days. After a few minutes of silence he came out of his shell and told me what happened. He was explaining that no one never broke into his store‚ and he went to burn down the Mickealson’s houses with a mob of people. Britain was in debt‚ so they was taxing us‚ the colonist. They called it the “Stamp Act‚” most of the colonist hated it. The Stamp Act was a tax on all printed goods like; paper‚ playing cars‚ stamps‚ etc. There was a person called the tax collectors and
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country in order to protect the lives of their British Citizens. This would then be followed by the British High Commissioner entering Pretoria in order to “prevent a civil war” and in doing so he would take possession of (annex) the Transvaal for Britain. Despite all the planning that went into this‚ the raid was complete and utter failure. The raid was put into full force on December 29‚ 1895 when Leander Starr Jameson‚ who Rhodes had appointed as the leader of the raid‚ became impatient and decided
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