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94An Analysis of Authority in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko: The Royal Slave
An analysis of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko: The Royal Slave and the anti-slavery narrative within the novel. Aphra Behn (1640-1689) wrote the novel Oroonoko in 1688 and based it on her trip to what many researchers believe is Surinam...
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85The French Revolution
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: The French Revolution(1789-1799) was one of the pivotal events in European history. It tore apart the old feudal fabric of western civilization and began a new era. Like the American Revolution, the seeds of the French...
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88Heroes from History. King Christian X of Denmark and his resistance to The Nazis.
King Christian X of Denmark inspired his people to resist the nazis during the second world war. Read about this great king, and how he really enraged Adolf Hitler.
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78Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince"
Niccolo Machiavellil History is an acceleration of human thought. The culmination of human greatness only quickens as we progress further and the information generated previously can be used to propagate new ideas seamlessly. There...
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79Why was propaganda so important in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars of 1792-1815?
During the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars propaganda was extremely important. For the revolution and the wars, one of the most important things was the support of the masses. Especially in the...
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84Christendom in the 17th Century
The story of Christendom in the 17th century is a fascinating tale. By the end of the 17th century, "Christendom" started to fade as a term, and a new term, "Europe," began to be increasingly used in its place. This is not because Europe had become...
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81Types Of Government
A government is a ruling party of a state or a country the function of which is to provide a better life to the citizens of the state and provide them with certain laws and rules which they are meant to follow. In more general terms a government can...
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80Georgie, Porgie, Pudding and Pie : The Visit of King George IV to Edinburgh in 1822.
As the capital city of Scotland Edinburgh has enjoyed many royal visits from its reigning monarch in modern times. But probably none so remarkable than that of the state occasion of the arrival of King George IV to the city in 1822.
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81Famous love stories in history: John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford
When John of Gaunt took Katherine Swynford after she was widowed he could never have realised that this love affair was to be something rather more than a passing fancy. It was to become a life-long passion for both of them.
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79Review of Mark Kishlansky A Monarchy Transformed
Mark Kishlansky's book provides a great overview of the long Stuart era in England. This book is a historical look at the early Stuarts, the Interregnum and Oliver Cromwell, the Restoration Monarchs and the Glorious Revolution. Britain changed much during this long seventeenth century.
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