A Portrait William the Conqueror William the Conqueror: First English King Dominique Joyner Period 3 March 10‚ 2013 William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England. During the time of his reign as Duke and King‚ William I strengthened the relationship between the English and the French. William the Conqueror’s conquests improved the prosperity of both England and France. William I was born 1027 in Falaise‚ Normandy. He is the illegitimate child of Herleva of Falaise
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armoured knights‚ soldiers and archers. He also had a huge amount of ships to carry his army over the English Channel. William used the very clever trick of retreating down the hill to make the English follow and lose their ground. After that‚ the Norman army quickly doubled back on themselves and surrounded and killed the helpless English. As well as all this‚ William had a store of the finest weapons in France. William was one of the bravest people of his time. When his army was having difficulties
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desensitization‚ insanity‚ and the loss of friends. One of the major and most common effects of the war was depression. It can lead to many things. Most of the time it leads to an unhappy lifestyle. For example‚ in the book the Things They Carried‚ Norman Bowker was very depressed after the war. He drove around all day on the 4th of July‚ just looking to tell his story. All he wanted was someone to listen to what he had to say and listen to his stories. He couldn’t believe that no one was even
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Running With Scissors‚ is an eye-opening movie about a boy who survives an unusual and chaotic childhood. The first several minutes of the film begin showing Augusten’s upbringing with his egocentric mother‚ Deirdre‚ and his alcoholic father‚ Norman. Deirdre and Norman have a highly conflictual relationship and fight in front of Augusten‚ often. Deirdre lets Augusten stay home from school most days‚ spending his time playing with his mothers’ hair‚ sewing‚ and listening to his mother read her powerful
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As a way of marking time‚ Norman Bowker repeatedly drives a loop around the local lake remembering old girlfriends‚ hoping one day to track down high-school buddies who have moved to Des Moines or Sioux‚ and how he would explain Kiowa’s death in the field. When Bowker was in “high
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Feudalism began in France around A.D. 900 and spread. The feudal hierarchy was an arrangement of rank resembling a pyramid. At the top of the pyramid was the king. In the feudal relationship the king was the suzerain‚ or lord‚ of a group of dukes and counts who were his vassals. Each of these vassals was in turn lord to lesser vassals‚ who had even less important vassals. At the bottom of the pyramid were the knights‚ who had no vassals. Lord and vassal owed certain obligations to each other. The
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HOOSIERS- The movie revolves all around a volatile coach and a former star player leading a small town basketball team on a doubtful run to the Indiana high school Championship game. It witness a look at Norman Dale’s incompetent coaching and a statistical analysis of Jimmy Chitwood. Coach Norman Gale His role was an excellent impression of a good and an effective leader. Roles assigned to him in the movie are to coach high school basketball team and to win a championship title i.e. INDIANA CUP
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The Normans Romanesque castles were at first made up on a large hill with a motte around it so that it was more difficult for enemy armies to reach it. The only problem with these castles however were that they were made out of wood‚ and soon enemies noticed that they just had to set the castles on fire. As a solution the Normans made stone castles their new technique‚ but because the stone was so heavy it was often
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Sir Lourence Tarriela Long time ago‚ two powerful raise has conquered the lands the Saxons and the Normans but their tradition keeps them away form each other. There is a man Ivanhoe is disinherited by his father Cedric because of his loyalty to the Norman king of England. He also plans to marry the lovely lady Rowena the ward of his father. When Ivanhoe plans to disguise for him to return back in the side of the king he faced
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from York College has a theme based around Norman Rockwell and his paintings. Norman Rockwell painted everyday life of an average american‚ and the paintings could vary from a Thanksgiving dinner to a boy getting a haircut in a barbershop. This version intended to show the audience the reality behind all of the paintings‚ instead of the distorted idea the viewer sees. Art can be classified as many things but in this case it refers to paintings that Norman Rockwell created over his career as an artist
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