England: The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert SquareFourth Estate, 2001 - 274 pagina's This work is a narrative history of England covering 3000 years, which explores the political, religious, environmental and physical influences that have arrived at the myth that is England. Threads which are explored include the myth of the English woman and the identification of class in dialect. Duffy concludes that the history of England's absorbtion of different cultures should lead England to support the European ideal and turn its back on Americanization. |
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... court . Her grandfather had been the first known troubadour , Guillaume IX of Aquitaine , and she was a patron of the arts , especially the love song , bringing the most famous of the troubadours Bernard de Ventadour to her court in ...
... court . Her grandfather had been the first known troubadour , Guillaume IX of Aquitaine , and she was a patron of the arts , especially the love song , bringing the most famous of the troubadours Bernard de Ventadour to her court in ...
Pagina 97
... court or the Inns of Court . The earliest , Campaspe , was published in 1584. Lyly was best known for his prose romance , Euphues , The Anatomie of Wit , written in a high - flown style echoed in the Two Gentlemen of Verona , which ...
... court or the Inns of Court . The earliest , Campaspe , was published in 1584. Lyly was best known for his prose romance , Euphues , The Anatomie of Wit , written in a high - flown style echoed in the Two Gentlemen of Verona , which ...
Pagina 167
... court speech , developed by a court in foreign exile , cut off for twenty years from the mainstream language by politics and the exclusiveness and inclusiveness of the courtier group , and perpetuated after Charles II's restoration by ...
... court speech , developed by a court in foreign exile , cut off for twenty years from the mainstream language by politics and the exclusiveness and inclusiveness of the courtier group , and perpetuated after Charles II's restoration by ...
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The Coming of the English | 20 |
Englands Darling | 36 |
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England: The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square Maureen Duffy Fragmentweergave - 2001 |
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A. P. Watt Alfred Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Chronicle army barons battle became Bede began bishops boys Britain British Britons brother brought called century Charles Christian Chronicle Church civil Cnut colonies court culture death defeated Douglas Goldring Earl Earl of Northumbria Edward Elizabeth empire English myth Europe Flora Thompson forced foreign France French garden German girls Harold Harthacnut Henry Henry VI houses hundred hyperlect industry invasion Ireland Irish island John king king's Labour land language later Layamon lives London Lord married mother myth of England Norman Normandy Northumbria Parliament peace Picts Piers Plowman poem political popular princes Protestant queen reform reign Roman royal rural Saxons Scotland Scots seemed sent Shakespeare ships soldiers Spain story Swein Ted Willis thousand throne took trade tradition turned village Vortigern Welsh Wessex William William of Malmesbury women
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Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches Gary Taylor,Steve Spencer Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |