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Jun 28, 2024 · Nor has her “Political Propaganda and Satire in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” in which she suggests that the play’s pageantry reflects a 1591 fete at Elvetham given by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, rather than a 1575 celebration given by Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester at Kenilworth. As in her early academic writing, Edith works with hypothetical texts.
12 hours ago · I began by referring to Robert Louis Stevenson being “touched home” on hearing Scots in Napa Valley. Scots has that ability for its native speakers. A few years ago, I made three programmes about the Scots regiments who fought in the Korean War and recorded two very different stories of coming across Scots in the hostile environment of the Korean winter.
12 hours ago · Henry I ( c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Normandy and England ...
12 hours ago · Empress Matilda ( c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, [nb 1] was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future Holy Roman Emperor ...
12 hours ago · Early life Main article: Early life of Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643 [a]) at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months before. Born prematurely, Newton was a small ...
12 hours ago · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a ...
12 hours ago · The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase.The series revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster who struggles to balance his family life with his role as the leader of a criminal organization, which he reluctantly explores during therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
