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Tower Of London Queen Of England
1,636 wordsThe Tower of London has been many things over the years such as a fortress, a state prison, a zoo, an armory, repository for the crown jewels, a home for Tudor monarchs, and today a museum. Inside the tower walls has been the last sight for many of its prisoners. Although there were some prisoners that have escaped the tower walls and fled to neighboring countries. William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066 defeating Harold II. Duke William of Normandy built on to the existing castle in 1078....
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Tower Of London William The Conqueror
1,175 wordsWe went to the torture room in a kind of solemn precession, the guards walking ahead with lighted candles. The chamber was underground and dark, particularly near the entrance. It was a vast shadowy place and every device and instrument of human torture was there. They pointed out some of them to me and said I should have to taste them. Then they asked me again if I would confess. I Those words were spoken by John Gerard, a Jesuit priest accused of spreading Catholicism in England. And in 1597 h...
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Tower Of London Tourist Attractions
636 wordsThe structure of the travel and tourism industry plays an important part in linking the key components together especially the principles that are organisations that provide the products for a holiday e. g. services such as accommodation, transportation and holiday insurance which makes up the package holiday arranged by the travel agent and tour operator. They can be divided up into three groups, which are Transportation Carriers Accommodation Providers Ancillary Services Accommodation and Cate...
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William The Conqueror Tower Of London
3,566 wordsCastles of the Conquest William the Conqueror knew that the castle was going to play a vital role in his task of subjugating England in the year 1066. This conquest was no doubt a large gamble for the duke of Normandy due to the fact that it entailed a relatively unknown countryside, a fierce and brave people defending the island, and in the event of a loss a reputation of a poor war leader and consequently seen as a failure as leader of Normandy. The gamble paid off even though the Anglo Saxons...
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Hundreds Of Thousands Tower Of London
1,739 wordsThe Great Fire of London A woman might piss it out, exclaimed London mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, September 2, 1666 (Kishlansky 213). At this time, no one thought that a small fire in a small shop on Pudding Lane would become a sweltering inferno that would destroy over four fifths of the medieval city. Though this devastating tragedy obliterated many of the historical landmarks in the city and ruined the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, some go...
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