Normans

The Anglo Normans The third Aubrey and Robert de Vere were both part of the group of 25 Barons who drew up the Magna Carta, often collectively referred to as the ‘Anglo Normans’. With the exception of William Marshall, de Lacy and Lord Arbemarle, the 25 Barons who were to have authority over the country under the Magna Carta all had their main family seat or castle in East Anglia. This was not (as Walter Scott would erroneously write) an alliance of Anglo Saxons and Normans. Indeed the…

world’s finest golf courses, Greg Norman played one of the greatest eighteen hole games he had ever played. Norman shot an incredible score of 63, which still stand today as a course record. Norman went into the second day of gold with a fifteen stroke lead, only to choke under pressure scoring a 78 the day after shooting such an amazing game. Nick Faldo managed to come from behind and defeating Norman by a five stroke margin winning the 1996 Masters Tournament. While Normans defeat is still…

of large international companies, and NFL coaches are known to be transactional leaders. Transactional leadership also works well in policing agencies and first responder organizations. Here are four examples of transactional leaders. Norman Schwarzkopf: Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf was born in 1934 and graduated from West Point. He went to Vietnam as an advisor to the South Vietnamese army. During that war, he was wounded twice and awarded three Silver Star medals. In 1978, he became a brigadier…

to cleanse herself by taking a shower she in the process gets stabled to death. Hitchcock planned this scene out well because the film is in black and white and you cannot identify the person who committed the stabbing. Later it turns about to be Norman bates who attacks…

On January the 5th 1066, King Edward "The confessor," of England died. King Edward had ruled England for 19 years and when he died, it was unknown who would be crowned King of England. The battle between three rivals for the throne was known as The Battle Of Hastings. The first person who claimed he should be King was Harold Godswin. He was second-in-command. He was also the brother in law of King Edward. Harold stated that when King Edward was dying he said to him: "Into's Harold's hands I…

the infamous Edward Theodore Gein was a perplexing psychopath who was known for his unorthodox crimes. His real-life cases has influenced media and the creation of several fictional characters like Leather Face from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Norman Bates from Psycho. Edward Theodore Gein better known as “Ed Gein” was an American murderer, psychopath and body snatcher famous for his sick crimes of carving out people’s faces, collection of human skulls and remains, including…

In the beginning of Norman Lewis’ career he was very interested in African Art, aligning himself with the views of Alain Locke. Lewis was an active member of organizations, such as the Harlem Artists Guild and the Harlem Community Arts Center which provided opportunities to African American artists shortly before the Abstract Expressionist movement matured. However, Lewis’ ideas began to be more closely associate with that of Bearden. In Abstract Expressionism and Other Politics by Art History…

6) Psycho http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 I never thought black and white could be so gooooooood. I love this movie because it has so much meaning behind it. The beginning is one of the most powerful sense of its time. A women being undress on screen was a big no no. Then a trusted secretary women stealing 40 thousand dollars then running with it out of town. The director wanted to show that women at the time could do what men could do. That they weren't any different. I…

Universal Cable Productions has inked a deal with Alfred Hitchcock’s Estate to create and produce an anthology series based on the filmmaker’s movies. Suspense is considered a main driving force for some movies, whether it’s for frightful tenacities, or to keep to audience on the edge of their seat. Many would argue, that Alfred Hitchcock was the master of this craft, as he manipulated frames and distorted reality to leave audiences in a constant state of indecisiveness. From the most popular…

In the movie Psycho there is a scene where the lead female actress Janet Leigh is in the shower and she gets murdered, but it doesn’t actually show her getting stabbed. The history of this movie is that it is horror movie, and it was directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. In the 1960 and 1998 version of the movie…