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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Pagina 49
... reign for forty weeks . At once ' he began to abolish unjust laws and make good ones ' , and try to put the country on readiness to resist invasion . He wasn't helped by the abolition of the ship tax , one of Edward's only popular ...
... reign for forty weeks . At once ' he began to abolish unjust laws and make good ones ' , and try to put the country on readiness to resist invasion . He wasn't helped by the abolition of the ship tax , one of Edward's only popular ...
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The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square Maureen Duffy. reign , Middle English took on many words from ... reign , earning his nickname in the process , even his Norman barons had to begin to think of themselves as English ...
The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square Maureen Duffy. reign , Middle English took on many words from ... reign , earning his nickname in the process , even his Norman barons had to begin to think of themselves as English ...
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... reign was a consolidation of the peace he had won at Bosworth , that lasted twenty - four years . His great sadness was the death of his eldest son , the handsome and accomplished Prince Arthur , in whose shadow his brother Henry would ...
... reign was a consolidation of the peace he had won at Bosworth , that lasted twenty - four years . His great sadness was the death of his eldest son , the handsome and accomplished Prince Arthur , in whose shadow his brother Henry would ...
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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 |