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    • Mary Shelley

      • Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in Somers Town, London, in 1797. She was the second child of the feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the first child of the philosopher, novelist, and journalist William Godwin.
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  2. Domesday Book (/ ˈ d uː m z d eɪ / DOOMZ-day; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

    • Great Survey, Liber de Wintonia
    • Medieval Latin
  3. Early documentary evidence of Flemish immigration from England, rather than directly from Flanders, is given by contemporary William of Malmesbury (1095–1143), who wrote: King Henry removed all the Flemings in England into Wales.

  4. Jun 26, 2016 · “The truth is that there have always been two sides to the English character,” Dominic Sandbrook wrote in The Daily Mail in 2011: “one bombastic, grandiose, militaristic and imperialistic; the...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › King_ArthurKing Arthur - Wikipedia

    King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain.

  6. Mar 11, 2024 · A lwyn Turner is known for writing wittily about recent eras of British history, with popular culture placed to the fore.

  7. Launched initially as a radio show on BBC Radio 4 in 2000, _Little Britain_ found a broader platform on television three years later. The BBC-backed series was a smorgasbord of sketches featuring exaggerated parodies of British people from all walks of life. Narrated by Tom Baker, the programme positioned itself as a guide to British society ...

  8. Nov 11, 2019 · But O’Toole’s book focusses on the distinction between Great Britain, which includes Scotland and Wales, and the England of his title—the real site of the Tory uprising against Europe.

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