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construction, the eternal hostility between France and England seems outdated. Yet the position of the two best enemies competing again during the last World Cup rugby is debatable. Historians even speak of the "Hundred Years War" which since the nineteenth century, is used to describe the period of the wars of Louis XIV to those of Napoleon, one of the highlights of the Anglo-French hatred. In reality it is hard to believe relations between France and England in modern times under a different mode than the

subordianation to England, so that Scotland has no real culture of its own, mirrored in the book by the fact that Orr is trying fiercely to find the history of the bridge but cannot. So we can say that Alex/ Orr/ the barbarian embodies the Scottish people and that the Bridge represents Scotland. An event took place, shortly before the book was written, namely the appointment of Margarett Thatcher as Prime Minister, which reinforced the feeling that Scotland had to split from England from its domination

English fans are gearing up to watch the do or die match between England and Slovenia. By the way, it seems to me that England beat Slovenia 1-0. 2- What does Fabio Capello insist on? Fabio capello is adamant that English will be fit to play against slovenia. Bye the way, I know Fabio Capello has been criticized by many people and some players for his physical preparation. 3- What would happen if they lose? If team of England lost against Slovenia, it would be eliminated in the first round

to wait a bit longer to materialize their wish for exploration. It was, until the reign of Elizabeth the first, a poor and overpopulated country, what explains the main reason why Elizabeth wanted to join the explorations and did it. The crown in England was poor and could not finance expeditions, so the British pattern of development was very different from the ones of other countries: - Expeditions were financed by private money and investors (they contributed to the enrichment of the country

in a significant way | First visitors: Irish monks (6th century) and Vikings (1000 years ago established at l'Anse aux Meadows) 1583: First settlers from several countries:First: Hte Basques, and after: Brittany (France), southwest England, Ireland, Scotchland, Basque provinces, Portugal, maybe Scandinavia. They were there because Newfondland was a fish-processing station for cod fishermen. Official discovery by Caboto in 1497. By 1600, english and French were chiefs rivals for

Richard I of England (the Lionheart) King of England, he was born in Oxford in 1157 and died in Aquitaine in 1199. He was the third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was also known as Richard the Lionheart or Coeur de Lion because he was a great military chieftain and warrior. When he was only 16, he already had his own army. He inherited of his mother the Duchies of Aquitaine (1168) and Poitiers (1172), territories in which he had to fight constantly to support his nobility. In

Elisabeth 1st was the queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603). She bellows to the Tudor because she was the daughter of Henri 8th. Henri 8th had 6 wives. The most important picture of Henri reign was the foundation of Anglican Church. The church refuses him to divorce, so he must to left Catholicism. He arrived at the head of the Anglican Church. In 1559 the acts of Supremacy and Uniformity appeared. This was to make sure that the Church of England would remain a national church. [At first

is an inland sea of 470,000 square miles that leads to the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean making it the second-largest bay in the World. In 1670, a declaration of the King of England gave birth to one of the oldest private companies that still functions today. In its early days, the Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay grew rapidly due to the supply of beaver pelts, which seemed endless, while beaver was already an endangered species in Europe. The booming European demand

Morover, there is local authorities which make locally schools work. This Local Education Authorities takes care of the education and supply stock scholarships at local levels. There are 433Local Education Authorities in the United Kingdom : 356 in England, 26 in Northern Ireland, 32 in Scotland and 22 in Wales. LEA recruit teachers, determine schoolprograms and control schools. Furthermore, intendants/directors of schools and middle schools locally have so a lot of influence. As a result, schools

FASHION IN ENGLAND English food and ways of eating are different from what we know in France, we have seen it in the previous articles, but the ways of dressing are also different. English pupils all have to wear the uniform, that suit of clothes imposed by schools, which is most of the time black, usually coming with a tie, and the label of the school sewn on the pocket of the jacket. The uniform shows students are part of one school, it puts everybody at the same level; no social and wealth