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    The Anglo Saxon Kings

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    3.1. The Anglo-Saxon Kings In the Anglo-Saxon society‚ the king was elected by the Witan – the King’s Council – a formal body including senior warriors and churchmen who issued laws and charters. It was not at all democratic and the king could choose to ignore the Witan’s advice. But he knew that it might be dangerous to do so. For the Witan’s authority was based on its right to choose kings‚ and to agree to the use of the king’s laws. Without its support‚ the king’s own authority was in danger.

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    Starbucks Globalisation

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    founded by Jerry Baldwin‚ Zev Ziegler and Gordon Bowker in 1971 in Seattle‚ U.S.A. They named their company after Starbuck from the Moby Dick novel who was a coffee lover. Starbucks sold primarily whole bean Arabica coffee. They got their supply from Alfred Peet of Peet’s Coffee and were under the agreement that once Starbucks ’got too big‚ they would have to roast their own’. Their main focus was to sell a high quality cup of coffee. In 1984 Harold Schultz joined the company as a director of operations

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    William being able to prepare more‚ it caught Harold unaware and unprepared. Harold was unlucky because he had to fight Harold Hardrada and then try and defeat William of Normandy. William was again very lucky because unprepared this caught Harold at a disadvantage‚ because after fighting in the battle of Stamford Bridge he is unable to rest and gain energy. It made Harold leave part of his army in the north‚ therefore making his army smaller. Harold also had to force march his army down which made

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    reflect on the actual technological weaponry used during the time‚ both by the Normans and the groups that they are attempting to subjugate. These in turn create a perception of an overwhelming occupation force‚ in which the indigenous population could never expect to

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    For thousands of years‚ stories have been told. Either by word of mouth‚ or through books and movies. The Things They Carried has a recurring theme of storytelling. It appears in the book in more places than one. And each one of the appearances seems to say something different about how stories are told‚ or how they should be told. In the chapter ¨How To Tell A True War Story¨ for example‚ the narrator is talking about how a war story should be told and what it should consist of. He says on page

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    Battle Of Hastings Essay

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    By Finlay Campbell 1. It is the 13th of October 1066 and I ‚ King Harold Godwinson am preparing my mighty army for battle against the Norman Army and their leader‚ Duke William II .We are prepared to do anything to protect our land and our pride. From our intelligence‚ it seems that the Normans have a force with around 10‚000 which means that we are outnumbered because we only have 7‚000 troops available for battle. 2. I king Harold Godwinson have prepared the finest war party including‚ 1‚000 Archers

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    In the book titled‚ The Things They Carried‚ the author‚ Tim O ’ Brien‚ depicts a world where traumatic memories and crushing emotional baggage are far heavier than any combat pack or assortment of weapons that has ever burdened the back of a soldier. The author‚ O ’Brien‚ explores the physical and emotional burdens that the soldiers of the Vietnam War "hump" or carry with them. The author portrays the things the soldiers carry throughout the story as both literally tangible items and figuratively

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    Death is really hard to deal with‚ especially if it is someone you love. The protagonists from Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ along with Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and others in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried are all forced to deal with death during wartime. The effects of death among these soldiers vary from emotional numbness‚ self-sacrifice‚ to guilt. Death in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is a small but important part of the novel. The deaths of

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    battle to find his successor was beginning. One of the candidates‚ and probably the most famous of them‚ was William Duke of Normandy‚ otherwise known as William the Conqueror. However‚ there were other strong contenders fighting to take the throne. Harold Godwinson was William’s main opponent‚ therefore these are the two that I will write about‚ analysing their choices and events that helped or disadvantaged them along the way. William won the battle of Hastings for many reasons; skill‚ trickery‚ powerful

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    Beowulf Research Paper

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    after the death of Edward the Confessor‚ who had no heir. Having seemed to favor Harold Godwinson‚ there was some disagreement when it turned out that he had supposedly willed the kingdom to William of Normandy (a.k.a. William the Conqueror). Harold was crowned king immediately after Edward died‚ but failed in his attempt to defend his crown when William and his army invaded by crossing the Channel

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