While the use of the name for the area goes back to at least the 16th century, the area remained something of a rural idyll until the 1840s when the Nunhead Cemetery, one of the “Magnificent Seven” cemeteries of Victorian London, was laid out and the area began to urbanise. The chap...
The Making of Kings Lynn: Secular Buildings from the 11th to the 17th Century. By Vanessa ParkerDavid H. Smith
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So Elizabethans also refer to the writers and dramatists in that age, such as Shakespeare( playwright), John Donne ( representative of metaphysical poetry which becomes a prominent style of verse in the first-half of the 17th century) and Christopher Marlowe( the most gifted of the “...
. In the middle of the 17th century, the English Royalist squireSir Robert Filmerlikewise held that thestatewas a family and that the king was a father, but he claimed, in an interpretation ofScripture, thatAdamwas the first king and thatCharles I(reigned 1625–49) ruled England as Adam...
such as Shakespeare( playwright), John Donne ( representative of metaphysical poetry which becomes a prominent style of verse in the first-half of the 17th century) and Christopher Marlowe( the most gifted of the “university wits” whose best includes “ Tamburlaine”, “ The Jew of Malta” ...
Set in the 9th century, this gritty drama follows the story of Uhtred, a Saxon warrior who must choose between his birthright and his loyalties as he becomes embroiled in the struggle for control of England. With its brutal battles, complex characters, and stunning landscapes, this serie...
Lessons from large population studies on timing and tempo of puberty (secular trends and relation to body size): the European trend. Ever since the publication of the first textbook on human growth by Johann Augustin Stoeller in 1729, temporal changes (or secular trends) in growth and pu......
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In the 19th century, the Wine and Beerhouse was introduced to restrict the hours Public Houses could sell alcohol. The Licensing Act 2003 repealed the previous licensing laws for England and Wales, taking responsibility away from magistrates and placing it in the hands of local councils. ...