considered the first person to write the first computer program. Ada was extremely educated for a woman in the 1800’s. In a man’s world in the 1800’s women were not expect to be as influential as Ada Lovelace was. Augusta Ada Byron was born in London‚ England‚ United kingdom on December 10‚ 1815. Her father was a famous poet named Lord Byron. He was a very mean‚ mentally unstable‚ abusive person. Lord Byron left Ada and her mother when ada was only one month old. Her mother was named Anne Isabelle Milbanke
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figure of perfection; softness‚ curves and long thick hair. One of the paintings shown in Ways of Seeing” video is a painting by Jean Auguste Ingres called La Grande Odalisque. This painting was commissioned by Caroline Murat‚ Queen of Naples in 1814[ii]. Beauty is clearly expressed in this painting. Although Ingres’ ideal of female form is anatomically impossible with the enhancement of the overly long back appearance‚ her figure is the ideal curve. It is boneless. Her pose and her gaze have a deeper
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dealings with Edward I in the period 1286 – 1292? “The Crown of medieval Scotland is dominated by the crisis of inheritance of 1286 to 1292‚ events which in turn provoked the bitter Wars of Independence against England.”1 *** The actions of the Scottish kingdom towards Edward I and England within the time period of 1286 – 1292 has provided a basis of great scrutiny and speculation over the years. With the death of Alexander III‚ Scotland was plunged into a Succession Crisis‚ from which a guardianship
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which were hard to handle. Why did Charles I move out of Oxford just prior to the Battle of Naseby? In May 1645 Parliaments army besiege Oxford (the King’s wartime capital). Initially‚ Charles welcomed this move as the army would not be able to interfere with his move north. Then at the end of May he was told that Oxford was short of provisions and that it could not hold out long. So on the 31st of May‚ just before (2 weeks) the Battle of Naseby‚ Charles left Oxford. Royalists stormed the
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parts of the English city of London‚ from Sunday‚ 2 September to Wednesday‚ 5 September 1666.[1] The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City Wall. It threatened‚ but did not reach‚ the aristocratic district of Westminster‚ Charles II’s Palace of Whitehall‚ and most of the suburban slums.[2] It consumed 13‚200 houses‚ 87 parish churches‚ St. Paul’s Cathedral‚ and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70‚000 of the City’s
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William C. Harmon and C. Hugh Holman provide us with this definition of the term “neoclassicism”: “The term for the classicism that dominated English literature in the Restoration Age and in the eighteenth century ... Against the Renaissance idea of limitless human potentiality was opposed a view of humankind as limited‚ dualistic‚ imperfect; on the intensity of human responses were imposed a reverence for order and a delight in reason and rules; the burgeoning of imagination into new and strange
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introduced to King Charles II who would be permanently etched in the hearts of his subjects. The son of King Charles I of England; young Charles II’s life was one of turmoil and uncertainty as he witnessed his country thrown into a civil war. Charles was sent to exile as a child and spent his life plotting for his banished throne. After secret dealings with Scotland and conflict with a dissident named Cromwell; Charles eventually regained his rightful place as King of England. Riddled by accomplishments
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of the of the reigns of Charles and James II was to led English closer to be Tory –at least for some time – and Anglican rather than Francophile and Catholic. England’s relationship with Roman Catholic religion had been tense and problematic since the reign of Henry VIII‚ and the reigns of Charles II and James II contributed greatly to that ever-increasing hostility. Both Charles II and James II had Catholic tendencies and the only difference between them was that Charles II was more cautious in showing
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overwhelming responsibility they have to be the face of a country. Sir George Savile‚ a member of England’s King Charles II’s Privy Council‚ attempts to persuade his audience to think of King Charles II as a beloved individual who has suffered greatly‚ but refused to show it for the sake of his people. Savile succeeds in this by using metaphors‚ imagery‚ and allusion. Savile showed Charles II as an admirable figure as he was “A prince neither sharpened by his misfortunes
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For Charles II‚ it would only make sense to get revenge on the organization that that removed his father from the throne‚ proceeded to execute him‚ and then essentially sent Charles II as far away from his birth right as possible. Charles II had a profound hatred of the New Model Army‚ and all he needed was a legitimate excuse to remove them. The biggest problem with having a full-time professional army is that they are always being paid even when not fighting. Charles II used the cost of the New
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