Despite the Third Estate’s enormous size and economic importance, it played almost no role in the government or decision-making of the Ancien RegimeAncien RegimeThe Ancien Régime (/ˌɒ̃sjæ̃ reɪˈʒiːm/; French: [ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim]; literally “old rule”), also known as the Old Regime, was the political and social system of the Kingdom of…
So Matt Thiessen, lead singer of Relient K, and his fiance, Shannon Murphy broke up in December of 2008. No big deal. It happens. Relient K has also been touring on and off, but its roster of official members has been whittled down to two: Matt Thiessen (aka my high…
In some cases, Church authorities (notably the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church) held more power than kings or queens. The Church had the power to tax, and its laws had to be obeyed. Those who held contrary ideas were considered heretics and could be subject to various forms…
21Naturally, the rights of which James Mill spoke are only legal rights; he could never conceive the existence of pre-legal rights, that can only be metaphysical, and so in open contradiction with Bentham’s theory on the matter: 22 J. Mill, “Jurisprudence”, p. On Urmson’s interpretation, Mill is really saying that…
Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), who has appeared as a villain in all five Pirates films, dramatically jumps to his death to take out the climbing pursuit of Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem). As Will breaks the curse, Barbossa is shot to death by his old captain. However, it is revealed…
On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. The King, a heavy smoker, underwent a left total pneumonectomy in September 1951 for what euphemistically was called “structural abnormalities” of his left…
He dropped out of Miramar High School at 16 in 1979 to become a rock musician. He attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. A year later he dropped out of school. He was sixteen…
There do not seem to be any direct descendants of Isambard with the surname BRUNEL. He was named Isambard after his father, the French civil engineer Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, and Kingdom after his English mother, Sophia Kingdom. He had two elder sisters, Sophia, the eldest child, and Emma. The…
Kuklinski died at St. Francis Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, on March 5, 2006. He had been suffering from a rare inflammation of the blood vessels, and told family members that he had been poisoned. HIS DEATH. A gash between the thumb and first finger of his right hand revealed…
Yes. Though he had been wrestling since he was six to hopefully one day become a WWE Superstar, Zak did not make it to the WWE. At the first tryout that he attended with his sister, he was told that he needed to put on more muscle before trying out…