Государственное бюджетное общеобразовательное учреждение Гимназия № 248 Кировского района г. Санкт-Петербурга British Monarchy: Myth or Reality? Выполнила: Павлова Анна Руководитель: Камитова
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Saint: St. George‚ - Saint’s day: April 23rd. | Scotland: - flag: white diagonal cross on the blue ground‚ - capital: Edinburgh‚ - the people: The Scots‚ - symbol: the thistle‚ - Patron Saint: St. Andrew‚ - Saint’s day: November 30th. | Wales:- flag: red dragon on the white-green ground‚ - capital: Cardiff‚ - the people: The Welsh‚ - symbol: the leek and the daffodil‚ - Patron Saint: St. David‚- Saint’s day: March 1st. | Northern Ireland: - flag: red diagonal cross on the white
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Summary Topic: Remarkable Canadian - Celine Dion Source #1: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Celine_Dion.aspx Summary Celine Dion is a great pop-music celebrity‚ who was born in a musical family in Quebec. She followed her family to perform around Canada when she was a baby. When she went to 5 years old‚ she stood n the table in her family’s piano bar and started her first show. At that time‚ Dion loved Ginette Reno and copied many of her songs. When she was 12 years old‚ she made a demo tape
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Who dictates fashion? Musicians and other cultural icons have always influenced what we’re wearing‚ but so have political figures and royalty. Newspapers and magazines report on what Hillary Clinton wears. The recent death of Diana‚ the Princess of Wales‚ was a severe blow to the high fashion world‚ where her clothes were daily news. Even folks in the 1700s pored over fashion magazines to see the latest styles. Women and dressmakers outside the French court relied on sketches to
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King Charles I was largely building-up. At the beginning of the 1640s‚ the parliament was taking the side of Protestants: becoming repellant to the distrustful way of selfish decision-making under the influence of religious beliefs. At this period‚ Wales and England were gripped by the religiously influenced political crisis (Gaunt 1). The crisis becomes more severely extend that the central government would
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England is a country in the British Isles; the country shares borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north‚ otherwise does England border to the North Sea‚ Irish sea‚ Celtic sea‚ Bristol Channel and the English Channel. England covers most of the central and south part of the island of Great Britain. England is the largest and the most populated part in Great Britain and Northern Ireland‚ there live more the 84% of the total population in the UK. England became united in 927 and takes
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"What qualities of character did Richard III have that enabled him to ascend the throne?" Name and show these characteristics in action in the play Richard III. Also: "Richard III is a consummate villain". Show that his summation of Richard’s character is true. To achieve goals‚ in one’s life‚ one must be determined and must have certain characteristics that reciprocate to one’s goals. In the play Richard III‚ Richard III’s goal is to ascend the throne. There are two ways that one can claim
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PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Nobody set out to create Parliament. It developed naturally out of the daily political needs of the English King and his government. The modern British Parliament is one of the oldest continuous representative assemblies in the world. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved
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He understood that his best step forward was to attract as much support from the Yorkists by using alliances and not force. Henry had already pledged on Christmas day 1483‚ in Rennes Cathedral‚ that he intended to marry Princess Elizabeth of York‚ or Princess Cecily in the event Elizabeth passed away. This intention to marry was reaffirmed in 1485 when he vowed to marry her again. Therefore the Yorkist heir (being Elizabeth) could transfer a lot of support from themselves to the Lancastrians
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establishment as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. Yet he remained a believer in core Catholic theological teachings‚ even after his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church.[1] Henry oversaw the legal union of England and Wales with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. In 1513‚ the new king allied with the Holy Roman Emperor‚ Maximillian I‚ and invaded France in 1513 with a large‚ well-equipped army‚ but achieved little at a considerable financial cost. Maximillian‚ for his part‚
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