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    work even harder. But today was an unusual day‚ on my way home from work I saw a group of protestors. They were chanting something about New Poor Law. I wanted to talk to my mother but she was too tired‚ she nearly worked 20 hours. So‚ I went to my neighbors. She is 14‚ one year older than me and more knowledgeable than me. She told me that the New Poor Law was the reason why

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    Elizabethan Poetry

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    Drama was the chief literary glory of the Elizabethan age. In the beginning‚ these dramas were not so well- written‚ though the comedies were better than the tragedies. Ralph Roister Doister is taken as the first regular English comedy. It was a kind of farce in rough verse written by Nicholas Udall. Another comedy was Gammer Gurton’s Needle acted at Cambridge University in 1566. Lyly improved the comedy in his prose comedy Compaspe and Edimion.       Gorboduc‚ written by Thomas Norton and Thomas

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    Theatre of Elizabethan

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    THEATRE OF ELIZABETHAN: There were three different types of venues for Elizabethan plays: Inn yards‚ Playhouses and Open Air Amphitheatres a. Inn- yards: The Elizabethan Theatres started in the cobbled courtyards of Inns – they were called Inn-yards. As many as 500 people would attend play performances. Elizabethan acting troupes travelled the country and sought lodgings at inns or taverns and before long entrepreneurs‚ like James Burbage‚ started to produce plays at inn-yards – a popular

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    History

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    Provision? Edwin Chadwick was born in Manchester on 24th January 1800. His father encouraged him to read books by radicals such as Tom Paine. Chadwick went to London to study Law but his personal finances were limited. He made money by writing essays for publications such as the ‘Westminster Review’. Despite his training in Law‚ his essays were usually on scientific principles and how they could be applied in democratic government. His essays attracted the attention of Jeremy Bentham who employed Chadwick

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    Napoleonic Wars

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    Introduction The period from 1799 to 1815 is often referred to as the “Napoleonic Wars”. These years and the two following decades became one of the most difficult episodes of the British history. That was the time when Great Britain had to fight a lot‚ and had to recover from fighting. The purpose of this survey is to give a brief description of British domestic and foreign policy‚ economic and social situation throughout the mentioned period and to provide essential information about

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    Elizabethan Era

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    The Elizabethan Age is the time period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was an age considered to be the height of the English Renaissance‚ and saw the full flowering of English literature and English poetry. In Elizabethan theater‚ William Shakespeare‚ among others‚ composed and staged plays in a variety of settings that broke away from England’s past style of plays. It was an age of expansion and exploration

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    Elizabethan Theater

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    Elizabethan Theater By: Chris Elizabethan times in the 1600s was a progression for the world of the theater. A period named after Queen Elizabeth I of England‚ it is from this period that modern day society has its foundation for the entertainment industry. From the violence that was prevalent because of the Black Death‚ people turned to the theater for its poetry and romance. During this time period‚ there were two types of theatrical performances that were available for the people’s viewing

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    The Elizabethan Era

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    For the British Empire‚ the Elizabethan Era was a time of renovation and restoration. After the defeat of the Spanish Flotilla in 1588‚ this Empire began to take its place as a superpower. During this time‚ the people of this up and coming Empire‚ began to see many new and exciting opportunities coming their way; with this‚ food and drink became a major part of their life. All people‚ no matter if someone was upper or lower class‚ of this time period ate three meals a day. As it is today‚ breakfast

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    Child Protection

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    constantly been amended. Schools and the educational system have introduced knowledge and learning which has evolved consistently. People’s acuity of where children are placed in our society has changed. Delving into the history of our Educational‚ Poor laws and Children’s acts will give us an insight into determining how these changes came about. This essay also includes the rights and needs of children and families‚ with reference to the responsibilities of the state‚ incorporating the effects of multi-agency

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    Causes of Chartism

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    first reform act‚ in 1837 there was a petition by the London Working Men’s Association for another electoral reform which was supported by many radical MPs. This then led to the ‘Peoples charter’ which was a 6 point plan of what they wanted. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 was also a contribution to Chartism as this act punished poverty as people would have to go into a workhouse to earn their money‚ this was not received well by the working class and was seen as another burden on them. This

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