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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"England--History"”.
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Evidence of Old English Sound Changes in Chaucer
One of the most interesting features in the whole field of English is the study of that "glorious and imperial mongrel, the English Language." Imperial in the sense that it consists of a dominant strain which is the result of a fusion of various languages; and glorious because it is not only the …
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The Character and Military Abilities of the First Duke of Buckingham
… Favourite of Kings James I and Charles I of England, George Villiers, the First Duke of Buckingham. Though he was the most powerful figure in England during the period from 1624 to 1628, perhaps his role in shaping the history of the English nation in the seventeenth century has not been …
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The Attempted Impeachment of the First Duke of Buckingham in 1626
… Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and Lord Admiral of England was murdered in Portsmouth. His murderer, John Felton, stated his motivation in murdering the duke was that, "he believed he should do God good service if he killed the duke." Many members of Parliament two years before stated that it would …
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The Lancastrian Bias in Shakespeare's Richard the Second
The life of King Richard II of England offers an interesting challenge to anyone who desires to read and interpret history in a period of civil war which often clouds and at times even obscures fact by propaganda. | It is necessary for the winning faction in most civil wars to justify its actions; …
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The Origin of the University of Oxford
The purpose of this study on the origin and early history of the Oxford University is to trace the development of this English university during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and to outline the steps by which it gradually approached an independent position. Any attempt to describe the …
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Innocent III, Suzerain: John Lackland, Vassal
Innocent III in a spirit of humility quoted these words as the text of his sermon given at his consecration. The words of this simple discourse epitomize well the life of the man who uttered them, a man at whose deeds a contemporary sovereign admiringly exclaimed; "that apostolic Pope Innocent was …
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Sir Thomas North, An Elizabethan Translator
Anyone who is familiar with Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles, or Timon of Athena has been touched by the spirit, if not the word, of Sir Thomas North. The casual student knows that North’s work was a source used in some of Shakespeare’s plays. Scholars have …
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Joan of Arc, Her Imprisonment, Trial and Death
"The fairest things have sweetest end. Their scent survives their close. But the rose's scent is bitterness. To him. that loved the rose."-- Francis Thompson | Those "fairest things" are verified in the life of Joan of Arc, the Flower of Chivalry, The Lady Knight, titles befitting our Maiden Saint. …
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Claire Clairmont: the Early Years, 1798-1822
England in the latter half of the eighteenth century was in the mature stages of growth. It was a peaceful time. Government was stable and the religious dissension that was prevalent in the seventeenth century was virtually a thing of the past. The aristocracy was content and life moved along …
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Reflections of renaissance ideas of education in the plays of Shakespeare
… as years of darkness, for during this epoch in history foundations were laid for the rich development which came with the Renaissance. The term "Renaissance" refers to that period in history when there was a realization that the literature essentially but also the law, the philosophy, and the …
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The role of metaphor in the sermons of Benjamin Keach, 1640-1704
… the political and religious environment of England in the mid-seventeenth century. Keach's preaching in rural Buckinghamshire as well as his pastoral ministry in London are explored. Chapter 3 contains a survey of Keach's published sermons. These messages are organized into three primary …
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An ideal woman : literary, parliamentary, and sexual representations of model femininity in mid-Victorian England.
The manner in which middle-class women of the Victorian era were excluded from various aspects of the outside world, in favor of the "woman's sphere," was due to the masculine desire to protect the virtues of domesticity. This ideal of femininity is revealed in selections of Victorian literature, …
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Aliens and atheists: The Plurality of Worlds and Natural Theology in Seventeenth-Century England.
The plurality of worlds has had a long history in England, which has not gone unnoticed by scholars. Historians have tended to view this English pluralist tradition as similar to those found on the continent, and in doing so have failed to fully understand the religious significance that the …
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Here tunggë made here slayn: Dangerous speech acts in four exempla from Robert Mannyng of Brunne’s <i>Handlyng Synne</i>
<p>In this project, I consider four exempla from Robert Mannyng of Brunne’s <em>Handlyng Synne</em>: “The Tale of the Bloody Child,” “The Tale of the Sacrilegious Carolers of Colbek,” “The Tale of the Midwife Who Christened the Child Wrongly,” and “St. Gregory’s Tale of the Nun Who Spoke Naughty …
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Change of Condition: Women's Rhetorical Strategies on Marriage, 1710-1756
This dissertation examines ways in which women constructed and criticized matrimony both before and after their own marriages. Social historians have argued for the rise of companionacy in the eighteenth century without paying attention to women's accounts of the fears and uncertainties surrounding …
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Justices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor England, 1547-1569
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Bridging the Gap: Finding a Valkyrie in a Riddle
While many riddles exist in the Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book containing female characters, both as actual human females and personified objects and aspects of nature, few scholars have discussed how the anthropomorphized “females” of the riddles challenge and broaden more conventional portrayals of what …
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Anne Brontë's New Women: Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as Precursors of New Woman Fiction
Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were published more than forty years before the appearance of the feminist type that the Victorians called the “New Woman;” yet, both novels contain characteristics of New Woman fiction. By considering how Brontë's novels foreshadow New Woman …
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