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Middlesex (/ˈmɪdəlsɛks/) es uno de los 39 condados históricos de Inglaterra y fue el de menos extensión, junto a Rutland. Nunca tuvo ninguna ciudad oficial como centro administrativo ni capital En 1965 la mayor parte del condado devino un partido de Gran Londres , con las excepciones de Potters Bar , que fue a Hertfordshire , y Staines y ...
Middlesex es una novela de Jeffrey Eugenides publicada en 2002 por Farrar, Straus and Giroux. El libro fue un éxito de ventas, con más de cuatro millones de copias vendidas desde su publicación. [1] Sus personajes y eventos se basan libremente en aspectos de la vida de Eugenides y observaciones sobre su herencia griega.
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Origin and toponymy
The county has its roots in the Middle Saxon Province of the Kingdom of Essex. The extent of the province is not clear, and probably varied over time, but it is clear that it occupied at least the area of the current county and much of Hertfordshire. Although the province is only ever recorded as a part of the East Saxon kingdom, charter evidence shows that it was not part of their core territory. At times, Essex was ruled jointly by co-Kings, and it is thought that the Middle Saxon Province...
Early county government
It is not known exactly when Middlesex was established as a county, possibly the early tenth century, but it is clear that it did not cover the whole of the former Middle Saxon Province of Essex. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being divided into the six hundreds of Edmonton, Elthorne, Gore, Hounslow (Isleworth in all later records), Ossulstone and Spelthorne. The City of London has been self-governing since the thirteenth century and became a county in its own right, a county...
Tower Division
The Tower division, better known as the Tower Hamlets, was an area in the Southeast of the county covering what is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets as well as most of what is now the London Borough of Hackney. The territory had its origin in the medieval Manor of Stepney. The area was unusual in combining Hundred and many County responsibilities, to form a "county within a county" comparable to one of the Ridings of Yorkshire. Of particular note was its military autonomy: it had its ow...
The county lay within the London Basin and the most significant feature was the River Thames, which formed the southern boundary. The River Lea and the River Colne formed natural boundaries to the east and west. The entire south west boundary of Middlesex followed a gently descending meander of the Thames without hills. In many places "Middlesex ba...
There were settlements in the area of Middlesex that can be traced back thousands of years before the creation of a county. The economy of the county was dependent on the City of London from early times and was primarily agricultural. A variety of goods were provided for the City, including crops such as grain and hay, livestock and building materi...
Middlesex (abbreviated Middx) is a former postal county. Counties were an element of postal addressing in routine use until 1996, intended to avoid confusion between post towns, and are no longer required for the routing of the mail. The postal county did not match the boundaries of Middlesex because of the presence of the London postal district, w...
Flag and coat of arms
The Middlesex Flag is included in the Flag Institute's registry of county and regional flags.The flag is a banner of the arms of the former Middlesex County Council, abolished in 1965. A similar design had been used traditionally as a local badge in Middlesex and neighbouring Essex for centuries. Coats of arms were attributed by the mediaeval heralds to the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. That assigned to the Kingdom of Essex, of which the Middle Saxon Province was part, depicted three...
Military units
As well as the ancient county fyrd and militia, Middlesex military units have included the Middlesex Regiment, the Middlesex Yeomanryand their predecessors. In the south-east, the Tower Division, effectively a separate county, had its own military arrangements.
County day
Middlesex Day is celebrated each year on 16 May. This commemorates the actions of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment in 1811, at the Battle of Albuera, during the Peninsular War. During the battle, Lieutenant-Colonel William Inglis, despite his injuries, refused to retire from the battle but remained with the regimental colours, encouraging his men with the words "Die hard 57th, die hard!" as they came under intense pressure from a French attack. The regiment held and the battle was won. The...
Middlesex continues to be used as a geographic frame of reference by a number of sporting associations.
Victoria County History of Middlesex Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback MachineHistoric boundary as layer for Google Earth Archived 3 January 2013 at archive.today- MDX
Sep 1, 2003 · Middlesex. Jeffrey Eugenides. Anagrama, Sep 1, 2003 - Fiction - 680 pages. Cal Stephanides decide contar su historia, revelar su secreto. Porque Cal, como Tiresias, ha vivido como mujer y como...
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Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than four million copies sold since its publication. Its characters and events are loosely based on aspects of Eugenides' life and observations of his Greek heritage.
- September 4, 2002
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Middlesex, historic county of southeastern England, incorporating central London north of the River Thames and surrounding areas to the north and west. Most of Middlesex, for administrative purposes, became part of Greater London in 1965. The River Thames was the key to the history of Middlesex.
Middlesex County, Connecticut. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the most populous Middlesex County in the United States. Middlesex County, New Jersey. Middlesex County, Virginia.
