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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... once sentenced to be beheaded . When he was led out to execution the huge crowd that had come to watch blocked the bridge so that Alban was unable to cross over to his place of death until , by a miracle , the waters divided . His would ...
... once sentenced to be beheaded . When he was led out to execution the huge crowd that had come to watch blocked the bridge so that Alban was unable to cross over to his place of death until , by a miracle , the waters divided . His would ...
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The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square Maureen Duffy. Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more , Or close the wall up with our English dead ... The soldiers who went over the top again and again when the ...
The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square Maureen Duffy. Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more , Or close the wall up with our English dead ... The soldiers who went over the top again and again when the ...
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... Once on the first rung of the service ladder , with its promotion as rigidly stratified as the army's , girls usually left only to marry or die . One of the reasons for the great popularity of the television series Upstairs , Downstairs ...
... Once on the first rung of the service ladder , with its promotion as rigidly stratified as the army's , girls usually left only to marry or die . One of the reasons for the great popularity of the television series Upstairs , Downstairs ...
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Before | 1 |
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 |