England

The political structure of medieval England. The medieval period in English history – often termed the middle or dark ages - began c.400 AD and ended with the beginning of the Renaissance period in c.1400 AD (History.com). This period of English history is often defined as the dark ages due to a general lack of knowledge, due to the lack of writing from this period that survives and can be deciphered. The political and social structure of that time was that of feudalism. In this essay, I will…

Maying” by Robert Herrick and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, “Corinna’s Going A Maying” is briefly about a man who is trying to convince his lover to go out and celebrate the spring season at the begging of May, and this was a tradition in England back then. He was trying to hurry up his lover by telling her how it is already beautiful outside, the weather is spectacular and everyone is celebrating and enjoying the festival while she is still in bed, he want to enjoy their time while…

1770’s were the years that England was becoming stricter with their colonist’s from overseas. The year’s that started and helped the colonists gain their independence from Great Britain. The colonists were trying to get away from Great Britain’s government because of a few reasons. This started when England decided to raise taxes on their colonists without their consent, Great Britain initial plan was to use those taxes to pay for military. Eventhough, it was for the colonist’s protection they…

WILLIAM BLAKE is a 22-year-old student at Quinnipiac University. William is about to finish his senior year student teaching. After graduation, William and his evangelical Christian girlfriend MARY plan to start a life together as public school teachers. William is a staunch conservative. He is enraged when President Obama is re-elected. William dreams of an America in which conservative, Tea Party Republicans dominate the political landscape. While William thinks and talks like a conservative,…

opposed the Church of England and their allies the Puritans because they felt the church was solely corrupt. Being different from John Winthrop, Bradford was raised on a farm and was taught the styles of farming techniques along with being self-educated, he believed that God also had a plan for his life as well as the Pilgrims. He believed that God determined all the actions of his followers and their thoughts. His beliefs led the Pilgrims on a long road of exile from England and an adventurous…

John Lyly was born in Kent, England in 1533. He is considered to be the first English prose stylist to leave an enduring impression on the language and helped develop the use of prose dialogue in English comedy. He went to London after he graduated from Oxford where he made two prose romances Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit in 1578 and Euphues and His England in 1580. These two works made him the most famous English writer of the 1580s. After 1580…

Stonehenge is the worlds’ most famous prehistoric monument. In 2004, Peter Marlow captured the prominent structure engulfed by the gloomy skies titled G.B England. Stonehenge. These enormous stones have stood high on the Salisbury Plains of Wilshire, England for over 5,000 years steeped in mystery and folklore. It’s true purpose, no one knows. Stonehenge’s weathered ruins are wrapped in ancient history and has many conspiracy theories looming in its ominous, dull skies. The seemingly endless…

William Williams was born April 23, 1731 in Lebanon, Connecticut. At first, he planned to become a minister, but decided on going to law school instead. At age sixteen, he got into Harvard and eventually graduated in 1751 at age twenty. Four years after he graduated, he went to go fight in the French and Indian war with his dad’s cousin as part of General Ephraim William’s staff. His experiences in the war lead to him disliking the British officers and how they treated others. After the war, he…

Julie Andrews was born on October 1, 1935 in England. When she was born her orginally name was Julia Elizabeth Wells. She got Tony award nominations for her roles in Camelot and My fair Lady. She won an Academy Award for playing as Mary Poppins and was nominated for her performance in The Sound of Music. She worked on many films with her husband, Blake Edwards, and in the year she was made a dame. (A dame is a women that has the same title or rank as a knight.) She came from a musical family.…

Like many countries in the world, England did not grant its citizens to have freedom of religion. Therefore the pilgrims felt discriminated by the England’s government. Ergo, their immediate response was to flee to another country ; however, that did not work out for them as well. In Holland, the country that they fled to, the Pilgrims confronted countless hardships. After that, they had the desire to go to a new place where they saw hope. They hazarded their life and sailed the ship and…