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Middle Ages King William
1,206 wordsWas Rochester Castle an Important Military Site in the Middle Ages? Rochester Castle was built in 1088, by the Bishop of Rochester - Gundulf. It was known that the Bishop owed the King - King William Rufus, a sum of 100. To settle the dispute the King ordered Gundulf to build a motte and bailey castle at Rochester. Th cost was 60, and the money came from Gundulf. The structure of the castle consisted simply of a single stone wall. In 1122, a square stone keep was built inside the bailey, by John...
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Recklessness And Criminal Liability
1,226 wordsExplain the role of recklessness in determining criminal liability. In everyday language, recklessness means taking an unjust risk. However its definition in law is different to its ordinary English meaning and careful direction as to its meaning in law has to be given to the jury. There are two types of recklessness, which exist, subjective recklessness, also known as Cunningham recklessness, and objective recklessness, which is also know as Caldwell recklessness. (Caldwell recklessness only ap...
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Terrorist Organizations Liberation Front
2,739 wordsWhy People Commit Arson Arson in the workplace is no longer a rare occurrence. Deaths and property damage attributable to intentional fire setters have increased steadily year by year. At least, 1, 000 victims die annually due to fires started by arsonists. In some areas of the nation, one-half of all fire calls are now arson cases. The increase in intentional fires has paralleled the rise of other kinds of crimes across the country. Arson is no longer considered just a crime against property. I...
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Shakespeare Globe Theater
988 wordsThe Rebirth of Shakespeare? s Globe Imagine standing in an octagonal shaped structure, enclosing a roofless inner pit. You are standing on a shell-carpeted floor and in front of you is a projected stage; a theater. Behind you are wooden seats and oak balusters. Have any idea of where you are? You are standing in the pit of Shakespeare? s famous Globe Theater. An English actor, Richard Burbage, constructed the Globe Theater in 1599. Unfortunately, it was burned down fourteen years later. In 1613 ...
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West Side Set Fire
630 wordsThe legend goes, The cow kicked over a lantern, the lantern set fire to the shed, and the shed set fire to the rest of Chicago. Although, Mrs. Patrick O'Leary swore under oath that she never took a lantern to the shed on the night of Sunday, October 8, 1871, many witnesses verified the ramshackle building on the West Side as the starting point of the fire. In Chicago, it had been a very dry autumn. Furthermore, nearly all the 300, 000 people of the city lived in wooden houses. The fire departmen...
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Hitler Van Der
2,863 words1. Rudolf Diels, who was the head of the Prussian political police at the time of the fire, wrote source A. In his account of events, he explains that Van Der Lubbe was caught red handed at the incident, and after questioning Van Der Lubbe he believed that the suspect was alone and there was no evidence that other people could have been involved, even other communists. During the trial of Van Der Lubbe in 1933, he openly confessed to setting fire to the building, but denied that he had been help...
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