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Union with Wales (1536): “although the English conquest of Wales took place under the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan, a formal Union did not occur until 1536, shortly after which Welsh law, which continued to be used in Wales after the conquest, was fully replaced by English law under the Laws in Wales Acts 15351542. + NEW FLAG - Oliver Cromwell (1649): seized the power in England and Wales, and established the Commonwealth, after a long period of tension between the king and Parliament. He used his army

assessing a filmed adaptation of a given literary work, we have to consider both what is gained and what is lost in the transferral from one genre to another, from one audience to another.” Comment on this statement with reference to AT LEAST TWO films you have studied, giving close references to their source texts. Introduction The nouvelle “Carmen” (1845) by Propser Mérimée is a short but sweet story of crime, forbidden romance, promiscuity and heart ache. The nouvelle is told by a nameless

The Easter Rising was an insurrection which took place in Ireland during the Easter Week in 1916. The Rising was organised by the Irish Republicans who wanted to make an end of the British rules in Ireland and establish the Republic. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798. It took place right in the middle of the very bloody First World War as Britain’s distraction in a European war seemed an ideal opportunity to strike for freedom according to the nationalists

Tant et si bien que, aujourd'hui, quelques-uns se souviennent des longues lignes qui servent à former dans les banques le vendredi après-midi que les déposants se sont précipités pour encaisser leurs chèques de paie ou obtenir de l'argent pour le week-end. Qu'est-ce qui est différent de ce nouveau type de valeur? Une façon utile de décrire, c'est que la valeur est devenue plus dense. Pensez densité comme une mesure de la quantité d'informations, de connaissances et d'autres ressources que l'acteur

Under the Second Empire, Paris was almost in the same aspect of the Middle Ages: streets were still dark, narrow and unhealthy, some buildings were falling apart and the city was close to break. Paris was also overcrowded and the living conditions in the apartments were alarming. The cholera epidemic touched many people and reached the uptown. The Capital and its citizens needed radical changes. Napoléon III, was aware of the seriousness of the situation and was willing to make Paris a purified and

Russian 19th century author who often has been considered his country's greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian into a rich, melodic language. He was the first to use everyday speech in his poetry. Pushkin's Romantic contemporaries were Byron (d. 1824) and Goethe (d. 1832), but his ironic attitude can be connected to the literature of the 18th century, especially to Voltaire. Pushkin wrote some 800 lyrics with a dozen narrative

helped the Jews during World War Two. The period leading to the war and the War itself were very formative periods for Margaret Thatcher. She had first studied in a grammar school in Grantham and then to the University of Oxford where she first studied chemistry and was brilliantly successful and for some time after graduation, she worked in the laboratory of Nobel price winner Dorothy Hudgson. The, she decided to change her orientation and took up a post graduate in law at the University of London

Britain between the Wars 1918-1939 Politics during the inter-war years How was Britain governed in the inter-war period? In 1918, at the end of the First World War, Britain was still a constitutional monarchy, in so far that this form of government consisted in a balance between the monarch and the parliament. This “mixed” government had the advantage to respect the idea of democracy (rule of the people, for the people, by the people”) through the elections but meanwhile to prevent

community is a kind of residential community. It is a residential area located on an spatial enclave. It is enclaved by walls and gates which are used to strictly control the entrance. To enter the place you have to be registered resident whit a photo ID or to be a friend with a specific permission : the person you went to see had had to prevent the guard gate and you will have to show your ID. Gated community usually have their own private security guards. They call the police when the private guards

based on the comparative advantage of countries with very different characteristics, such as a poor country exporting agricultural goods to a rich country in exchange for industrial products. However, in the 20th century, an ever larger share of trade occurred between countries with very similar characteristics, which is difficult to explain by comparative advantage. Each country may specialize in producing a few brands of any given type of product, instead of specializing in different types of products