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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: '''King Arthur''' is an important figure in the [[mythology]] of [[Great Britain]], wh...
7: ...nthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not ...
9: ...e reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ...to [[Leir of Britain | King Lear]]) or a possibly fictive person like [[Beowulf (character)|Beowulf]].
19: Arthur first appears in [[Welsh literature]]. In a survivin... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ... by Christian [[Franks]] in [[1099]] during the [[First Crusade]], and was ruled by a dynasty from the...
11: ...s, including in the minting of money, granting of fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplom...
19: ...rces, such as [[William of Tyre]], discount the infidelity of Melisende and instead point out that Ful...
21: ...allenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions of infidelity was a public affront that would damage Meli...
25: ... titles of nobility, fiefdoms, appointments and offices, granting royal favours and pardons and holdin... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
13: ... [[Mary Somerville]], noted researcher and scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced h...
15: ...at "the Engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or e...
19: ... at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham.
23: ...nd programming Babbage's engine, or was more of a figurehead used by Babbage for [[public relations]] ...
25: ...t of her contribution versus Babbage's remains difficult to assess based on current sources. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...y starred together in a [[British sitcom]], ''[[A Fine Romance]]''. In [[1988]], she was made a [[Orde...
6: ...'[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
11: ...ly spent seasons in repertory in [[Oxford]] and [[Nottingham]]. In [[1961]] she joined the [[Royal Shakespeare...
17: ===Selected Filmography=== - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
10: ...at lacked strength, but it was still suitable for filling out the weft of the fabric, using stronger y...
12: ... and smashed his machines, forcing him to flee to Nottingham in 1767. There he set up shop producing jennies i...
14: ...acturers met, and offered Hargreaves ?3000. He at first demanded ?7000, and at last stood out for ?400... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...the logical development of a [[Fortification|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to ...
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese hi...
8: ... home. Castles were made by their owners for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time...
10: * First and foremost castles were places of protection...
24: ...inseparably connected with the subjects of [[fortification]] (see also [[siegecraft]]) and [[domestic ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...an period]]. He was the first Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [...
9: ...n Hawkins]]. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]]...
11: == First adventures ==
12: Around [[1563]] Drake first sailed west to the [[Spanish Main]], drawn by ...
13: ...ng [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such in... - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
5: ... same cover with superior firepower. On taking office in 1961, Kennedy ordered that the Jupiter missi...
7: Soviet technology was well developed in the field of medium-range ballistic missiles ([[MRBM]]s)...
13: ...volution]]. Soviet reasoning was two-fold — first, to defend this new Communist state from an Am...
19: ...rsenal was forty launchers, an increase in Soviet first strike capacity of 70%.
21: ...formation secret, telling only the fourteen key officials of the executive committee. The [[United Kin... - Clumber Spaniel (3882 bytes)
11: !Classification
41: ...ribed as gentle, loyal and affectionate, but dignified and aloof with strangers. Disadvantages of owni...
47: ...stle|Duke of Newcastle]] at [[Clumber Park]] in [[Nottingham]]. Another theory holds that it was developed in ... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
1: ... a drop handlebar and thin tires and wheels for efficiency and aerodynamics]]
5: ...eel]]s attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in [[19th century|19th-century]] [[...
13: No single time or person can be identified with the invention of the bicycle. Its earliest...
17: ...The primitive bicycles of this generation were difficult to ride, and the high seat and poor weight di...
19: ...rley's [[1885]] Rover is usually described as the first recognisably modern bicycle. Soon the ''seat ...
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