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Youngest Daughter Short Story
852 wordsBeauty and the Beast is a short story written by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. She was a French woman, who lived in London when this story was published. The main characters in this story are Beauty, her father the merchant and the Beast. Beauty was the youngest daughter of the merchant. She was called Beauty because she was so beautiful, but throughout the story, she also illustrates inner beauty as well. The Beast is described as a horrendous, terrifying, beastly creature but throughout the sto...
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William The Conqueror Curtain Wall
1,549 wordsChepstow which is a Norman castle was constructed beginning in 1067. This was less than a year after the new king, William the Conqueror, was crowned. It was built high over the river Wye in Southeast Wales. The Normans werent the first to realize the strategic value of this position. We know this because the arch above the main doorway into the hall was built by bricks taken from a Roman fort that used to stand close by. This position was an advantage partly because it allowed allies to bring s...
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The Truth Behind Arthurian Legend
1,853 wordsIn scores of languages and shaped to all sorts of storytelling genres, from medieval epic to modern musical, tales of Arthur and his knights have been enthralling people for more than a thousand years (Alexander 1). The question is, however, how much truth is there behind the Arthurian Legend? King Arthur, Camelot, and the Round Table are three of the central elements in the tales that are told of this great era, but the legend does not reveal the whole truth. It is believed by many scholars who...
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Folk Tales West Wind
1,296 words"Once upon a time, " the way most famous most Norwegian folk tales start. Although Soria Moria Castle states There was once a couple who had a son, the idea is basically the same. The people in Norway are used to long and harsh winters and have had to find something to pass the time for centuries. One of their more prominent methods of passing the time has been the re-telling of folktales. Possibly the most famous, Soria Moria Castle is one of their favorites. In the following pages a brief desc...
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Sir Gawain Green Knight
805 wordsAs with so many stories written in the Middle Ages Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is filled with wonders, magic and knightly pursuit of fame and nobility. It combines folklore and romance as does, according to The Norton Anthology, no other known work. The character of the Green Knight fascinates and amuses. Most people would not think of it as an Arthurian-time creature. The Green Man in fact, is a part of an ancient folklore where the beheading of a green man would assure the return of spring...
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Cambridge Cambridge University Holy Land
1,673 wordsKing Edward I of England made a number of military campaigns during his reign, in two of which he captured modern-day Wales. In order to hold his gains he built a series of castles, which are said to still be some of the world's greatest strongholds. But, over 3500 kilometres away a period of fascinating castle building took place prior to Edward's as a result of the crusades. These constructions were designed by absorbing the constructive wisdom of the crusaders and those they came into contact...
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Cambridge Cambridge University Curtain Wall
1,702 words... aladin and Baybars yet still many castles either didn't fall or took an entire season of campaigning to capture. The general idea to effectively siege a castle was to starve or blockade it until surrender was the only option, but these castles were designed to hold enough food. Kerry when besieged by Saladin held enough food but not enough arms, a strange turn of events in the medieval ages. Margat on the other hand had supplies enough for a five-year siege. In 1269 after the garrison of Gas...
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Fitz Warren Family Information On Whittington Castle England
589 wordsWhen assigned the England project, I wanted to research something having to do with my heritage. My ancestors originate from England. Correspondingly, I chose Whittington Castle. According to an old English legend, one of my family ancestors, Dick Whittington, set out from the castle for London, in search of his fortune. After residing in London for a time, Dick Whittington went on to be thrice Lord Mayor of London. That piece of history supposedly occurred in 1368, but the first construction of...
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Lines Of Defense One Side Of The Castle Castles
487 wordsIn Europe, when traveling around, one will see large stone structures which are strongly fortified, known as castles. The Castle was a medieval European stronghold which started to develop around the 9 th century in England and the 10 th century in France. Castles were a great defense mechanism and the home to the ruler of the territory it occupied. Castles started off rudimentary. It was usually a structure just built on a hill surrounded by a ditch called a moat. The outer wall of the castle w...
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13 Th Century One Room
1,224 wordsWhether on the mote, inside the walls of the keep, or as a separate building, the living space of a castle were very basic. The hall, was a large one room structure with a loft ceiling, the hall was sometimes on the 1 st floor, but sometimes it was raised to the second story for greater security. Early halls were ailed like a church, with rows of wooden posts or stone pillars supporting the timber roof. Windows had wooden shutters held on by an iron bar, but in the 11 th and 12 th centuries were...
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Middle Ages Great Hall
1,073 wordsCastles In The Middle Ages In 1494 the armies of the French king, Charles VIII, invaded Italy to capture the kingdom of Naples. They swept through the country and bombarded and destroyed many castles. This invasion signaled the end of the castle as a stronghold of defense. For centuries it had been the dominant protection in Western Europe for the defense of kings, nobility, and townspeople. Ancient cities were often walled to keep out invaders, and within the walls there was usually a citadel, ...
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Avenge His Fathers Death Hamlets Madness
10,186 wordsContext William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a prosperous leather merchant in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. He attended grammar school, married an older woman named Anne Hathaway, and eventually left Stratford for London to pursue a career in the theater. Legend has it that Shakespeare began his career by holding the reins of horses for theater patrons; in any event, he quickly worked his way up the ranks of his chosen profession. By the early seventeenth centu...
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William The Conqueror Enemy Soldiers
1,369 wordsHISTORY OF CASTLES Castles were brought to Britain by William the Conqueror, when he invaded England from his homeland in France. Known as the Duke of Normandy, William invaded England in 1066 and, due to his victory in the Battle of Hastings, William was crowned the King of England, and became King William I. One of the most powerful ways for William to take control of his new kingdom, which included England, Scotland and Wales, was to have castles built throughout the land. At first, he ordere...
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Act Iii Scene Act Iv Scene
2,366 wordsCharacter Sketches Lear Lear is an old man, in where his best days have passed. Lear first enters the stage dressed in royal, but as soon as he speaks we discover that he is an orderless old man. Lear wears a proper cloak; the visible signs of royalty are present but the intell Goneril and Regan Two villains, of which Goneril seems perhaps more vicious than her younger sister. They represent evil as a significant part of the play. Kent Kent has been described as one of the fine, plain characters...
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Boys And Girls Code Of Chivalry
1,519 wordsKnighthood began in the 9 th century. As a request of the fall of Charlemagne's Empire in Western Europe a new way of life began. Little kingdoms replaced the old Empire that were held together by kings or lords. Because of continuous attacks by invading Moors and Vikings, the greatest need in these new settlements was for protection and security. Therefore, a new form of civil government arose. Which was called feudalism based on mutual agreement between the kings and lords, and their knights o...
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Fight To The Death Beginning Of The Play
1,132 wordsp align = center> Scene 1: A room in Dunsinane Castle, Lady M? s sleepwalking scene. Doctor and Gentlewoman first talk about how LM has been acting recently then she comes in. She sleepwalks, as if she is cleaning blood of her hands, and that there is one spot that she cannot get rid of. Throughout the scene she repeats various words said before, most notably in Act 2, Scene 2 about the murders of D, L Macduff and B. Doctor leaves telling Gentlewoman to take away from LM anything that she could ...
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Iv Scene Iii Scene Iii Lines
9,104 wordsWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES Macbeth was first performed in 1606, three years after James I succeeded Elizabeth I on the English throne. By that time, William Shakespeare was the most popular playwright in England, and his company, which had been called the Chamberlains Men under Queen Elizabeth, was renamed the Kings Men. You can see from the subject and content of Macbeth that Shakespeare was writing to please the new king. At the time James became James I of England, he was a...
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William Shakespeare Iago
1,234 wordsOthello has been described as William Shakespeare? s most perfect play. Since 1604, this Shakespeare tragedy has captivated audiences of all ages. The play begins when Othello, a Moorish nobleman and soldier of fortune, unconsciously evokes the spirit of evil in the villainous Iago by choosing Cassio as his lieutenant and not him. Partly for vengeance, but mostly for wicked delight, Iago soon plans to bring about the downfall of Othello and his new officer. Enjoy! Act Scene I. [Venice. A street....
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Existence Of Fairies Rational Thought Castle
532 wordsPhotographing Fairies is one man s search for what is real in a world that has horribly disappointed him. After losing his wife the day after their wedding, the main character, Castle, losing all hope and all lust for life. During World War I, he is indifferent to imminent danger and seems to have to compunction about losing his life to a German bullet. After the war, he carries on his daily routines without a smile or real purpose. He goes through the routines of manufacturing photographs of th...
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Raby Castle Henry Vane Ralph
436 wordsThe Raby Castle Raby Castle The castle all started out as a manor house built by Ralph de Nevill around 1340. It was finished by his son, John, in 1373. The de Nevill's became Earls of Westmorland in 1397 and as their power grew they continued to add more and more special additions to their castle. Some additions included the wide moat, numerous towers, and gate houses. This magnificent castle lies in the Historic County Durham, England. The first lord of Nevill was Ralph Nevill. Ralph was the g...
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