The 18th and 19th centuries. In 1703 Peter I began constructing St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland, and in 1712 he transferred the capital to his new, “Westernized,” and outward-looking city. The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg allowed that city to become a(n)…
Lloyd-Pack died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town aged 69 on 15 January 2014. His funeral was held at the church of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden. It was attended by Sir David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, John Challis and Sue Holderness. Who is Roger Lloyd-Pack daughter? Lloyd was…
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Non-separating Puritans played leading roles in establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, the Saybrook Colony in 1635, the Connecticut Colony in 1636,…
The epic makes an example of each and the ways in which their actions are considered good and evil. Roland, one of the vassals is used as an example of a good brave vassal with loyalty to the king. While Ganelon is portrayed as evil and wicked for his actions…
Rejecting the ’Tudor myth’ of a calculating schemer who revels in evil, they nevertheless point out that while Richard may not necessarily have been a bad man, he was certainly a bad king whose actions ultimately led to the destruction not only of himself but also of the Yorkist dynasty.…
Roman society was extremely patriarchal and hierarchical. The adult male head of a household had special legal powers and privileges that gave him jurisdiction over all the members of his family. The status of freeborn Romans was established by their ancestry, census ranking, and citizenship. Patriarchy in Ancient Rome. Patriarchy…
Richard Dawson, who appeared on The Dating Game several times, beginning in 1968, must have liked being on a television game show so much that he made a career out of it. The long-running host of Family Feud was also a regular on Match Game in the early 1970s. In…
(Image source: WikiCommons) One of Rome’s earliest adversaries was Brennus, a Celtic warlord from the region of Gaul. In 387 BCE, 12,000 warriors under his command invaded Italy and shattered a Roman army twice as large on the banks of the Allia River. the real enemies of greek people are…
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and…
Romeo is the teenage son of the Montague family, who are busy feuding with the Capulets. In the beginning, Romeo is brooding over his unrequited love for Rosaline. While Romeo is leaving, Juliet points him out to the Nurse who tells her that he is a Montague. She responds by…