Viking raids which began in the late 8th century brought about an end to monastic centres and aristocratic life. These raids are presumed to have interrupted the work on the Book of Kells. Later Gospel books aren’t as intricately illuminated. In the early Viking period‚ periodic raids on the rich monasteries of Ireland and England and on the north-western coasts of Europe including the raid on England’s Christian monastatic community of Lindisfarne
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The union of British citizens helped “in a way the Nazis never imagined.” (Para. 11‚ Worldwar2database.com) Winston Churchill‚ who was stationed in the London suburbs‚ was said to “walk into the garden each night (during the London terror raids) and raise his hands to the sky and cry: ‘Why don’t you come here? Bomb us‚ bomb us!” (pg 118‚ Moskey) No one knows whether or not he actually did this. After the volley of attacks from the German Luftwaffe‚ the RAF retaliated with a series of small
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first club where gay men and lesbians could go for same-sex dancing‚ opened in 1961 • Such efforts were the beginnings of an attempt to build Toronto’s own gay culture • Gay activism was met by resistance from the government through police raids • In 1969‚ then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau decriminalized consenting sexual acts between people of the same sex • Issuing his famous dictum that "the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation." • Stonewall Riots in New York
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movie “American Violet set in Hearne County Texas‚ depicts the victimization of innocent second class citizens who are subject to racial bias and police corruption. Hearne county‚ a small town run by a corrupt D.A. was conducting military type drug raids on low income housing units that targeted the African American population‚ and this was no coincidence. Shockingly‚ this all took place not many years ago‚ just in the year 2000. The culture in the south was still apparently highly prejudice and
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DEFAMATION Defamation is a complex and detailed tort. There is no statutory definition of defamation‚ but in common law it is the publication (in any form) by another of any statement which injures the plaintiff’s reputation by exposing him to hatred‚ ridicule or contempt‚ or which tends to lower him in the esteem of right-thinking members of society. (Sim v Stretch [1936] 2 All ER 1237‚ 1240‚ per Lord Atkin). The tort of defamation is something of an oddity among torts: it is usually tried
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these earlier settlers and Native Americans had done. The story of Eunice Williams is a wonderful example of the reciprocal theme of embracing the wilderness‚ by personal choice alone. In The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos‚ we hear the story of the raid upon Deerfield in 1704 and the significance of not only the torturous trek these captives endured‚ but the willingness for one child‚ Eunice Williams‚ to attach herself to these Native Americans captures and to embrace life in the wilderness. The
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to exist and share a view of a situation or event. Heroism and violation are two concepts that are addressed by Geertz in his relating of Ryle ’s story of the sheep raid. From the different cultures involved‚ two different interpretations are concluded. To the protagonist‚ Cohen‚ and the perpetrators of the crime‚ his raid on the Berbers was seen as heroism. Cohen risking his life for his redemption of crime that was committed against him is viewed as heroic. On the contrary‚ when Cohen returned
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THE CAUSES OF THE MFECANE AND WHY IT SPREAD SO FAR The Mfecane refers to a period of time in Southern Africa where there was political transformation and population migration during the 1820s and 1830s. The word Mfecane is a Zulu word meaning "crushing" or "scattering"‚which was exactly what happened during the Mfecane. There are various reasons about what led to the Mfecane‚such as environmental factors‚lack of food and certain chiefdoms expanding and extending their power‚some of these reasons
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Lowestoft‚ June 13‚ 1665 (Naval‚ English Victory) * Battle of Vågen‚ August 2‚ 1665 (Naval‚ Dutch Victory) * Four Days Battle‚ June 11-14‚ 1666 (Naval‚ Draw) * St. James’ Day Battle‚ August 4-5‚ 1666 (Naval‚ English Victory) * Medway Raid‚ June 9-14‚ 1667 (Naval‚ Dutch Victory Second Anglo-Dutch War - Key Commanders: English * James‚ Duke of York * General-at-Sea George Monck‚ Duke of Albemarle * Prince Rupert of the Rhine * Rear-Admiral Thomas Teddiman Dutch
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The Machine Gunners Extract Shell Workshop CHAS McGill emerges out of an air-raid shelter at the bottom of the garden. CHAS (T/A): My name is Chas McGill. And this is my shelter at the bottom of my garden… Concurrently‚ we see JACK‚ dressed in his wardens uniform‚ sat at the kitchen table. He is exhausted. MAGGIE‚ dressed in a floral-print dress and pinny‚ is serving breakfast. JACK makes a sausage sandwich. CHAS heads towards the kitchen. …The garden of my house at number nineteen
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