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Great Britain, also known as Britain i/ˈbrɪ.tən/, is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest island in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the third-most populous island in the world, after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. It accounts for the majority of the British Isles archipelago, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, including the island of Ireland to its west.
The island is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constituting most of its territory: most of England, Scotland, and Wales are on the island, with their respective capital cities, London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. Politically, the term Great Britain usually extends to include surrounding islands that form part of England, Scotland, and Wales.
A single Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the Union of Scotland and England (which already comprised the present-day countries of England and Wales) in 1707. More than a hundred years before, in 1603, King James VI, King of Scots, had inherited the throne of England, but it was not until 1707 that the Parliaments of the two countries agreed to form a unified state. Subsequently, in 1801, Great Britain united with the neighbouring Kingdom of Ireland, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The state was renamed the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" after five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922.
The Manorial Society of Great Britain Limited is a private limited company (Company No. 03296984) and first incorporated on the 30/12/1996. It has a membership of approximately 1,900, comprising Lords of the Manor and feudal barons, peers, as well as historians, mainly from the United Kingdom but also some from Ireland.
Its aims are:
The Governing Council of the Manorial Society of Great Britain in 2012 includes the following members of the British peerage and knightage, amongst whom one usually hosts an annual reception at the House of Lords.
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A society is a group of people involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification or dominance patterns in subgroups.
Insofar as it is collaborative, a society can enable its members to benefit in ways that would not otherwise be possible on an individual basis; both individual and social (common) benefits can thus be distinguished, or in many cases found to overlap.
A society can also consist of like-minded people governed by their own norms and values within a dominant, larger society. This is sometimes referred to as a subculture, a term used extensively within criminology.
Magna Carta (Latin for "the Great Charter"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War. After John's death, the regency government of his young son, Henry III, reissued the document in 1216, stripped of some of its more radical content, in an unsuccessful bid to build political support for their cause. At the end of the war in 1217, it formed part of the peace treaty agreed at Lambeth, where the document acquired the name Magna Carta, to distinguish it from the smaller Charter of the Forest which was issued at the same time. Short of funds, Henry reissued the charter again in 1225 in exchange for a grant of new taxes; his son, Edward I, repeated the exercise in 1297, this time confirming it as part of England's statute law.
Stephen Johnson MA is head of Historical and Manorial Rights Research at the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk
Stephen Johnson MA is head of Historical and Manorial Rights Research at the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk
Stephen Johnson MA is head of Historical and Manorial Rights Research at the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk
Stephen Johnson MA is head of Historical and Manorial Rights Research at the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk
Stephen Johnson MA is head of Historical and Manorial Rights Research at the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk
Stephen Johnson MA is head of Historical and Manorial Rights Research at the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Twitter - https://twitter.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Picture sources and episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/ateotw_pilot.html At the Edge of the World is a history of the peoples of the British Isles from the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West (AD410) to the death of King William the Conqueror (1087). The first 45 episodes (at approx 18 minutes an Episode) will start running weekly in September 2014. Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk (At the edge of the world, Robert Smith, Manorial Society, Great Britain, History, Documenta...
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - Follow us on: Facebook . Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - Follow us on: Facebook . Watch a history of the peoples of the British Isles from the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West (AD410) to the death of King William the Conqueror (1087).
Documentary in a series on the history of Britain. Written, produced and presented by Robert Smith in 2005, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain.
Documentary in a series on the history of Britain. Written, produced and presented by Robert Smith in 2005, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain.
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/mc_episode11.html John began his reign well and landed with an army in Normandy where won skirmishes and sieges against Philip II of France. It all went badly wrong when his nephew, Arthur, duke of Brittany, mysteriously disappeared while under John’s protection at Falaise Castle. He was murdered, some even saying by John’s own hand.
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Twitter - https://twitter.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Picture sources and episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/ateotw_trailer.html At the Edge of the World is a history of the peoples of the British Isles from the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West (AD410) to the death of King William the Conqueror (1087). The first 45 episodes (at approx 18 minutes an Episode) will start running weekly in September 2014.
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Twitter - https://twitter.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Sent to Britain in 597 by Pope Gregory the Great, Augustine and his evangelists wanted to turn back, ‘being,’ according to Bede, ‘appalled at the idea of going to a barbarous, fierce, and pagan nation.’ They persevered, landed in Kent, and were received well by the local king Aethelberht. At the Edge of the World is a history of the peoples of the British Isles from the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West (AD410) to the death of King William the Conqueror (1087). (Augustine of Canterbury, saint and bishop, in Kent 597-604, Bede, chronicler and saint, Bertha, queen to A...
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/mc_episode10.html On King Richard’s release from his German prison, normal service was resumed between him and the king of France, Philip II. It was war again. Little noticed was the election of a new pope, Innocent III, who would make mincemeat of John as king of England.
Documentary in a series on the history of Britain. Written, produced and presented by Robert Smith in 2005, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain.
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/mc_episode4.html John was the third Plantagenet king and was expected to be a warlord who would enrich his noble followers by winning battles and capturing aristocratic opponents for ransom and their lands for plunder. War across the English Channel to protect Normandy and the other transmarine provinces of the Plantagenet patrimony grew increasingly expensive in the reigns of Richard and John, causing both kings to seek new ways of raising cash in England.
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/mc_episode1.html King John has gone down in history as the worst king that England ever had, and he narrowly held onto his throne in 1215 by signing Magna Carta - the Great Charter - cutting his power to a mere shadow of what it had once been. He was the great grandson of William the Conqueror who had seized the kingdom in 1066 after defeating the last Saxon ruler, King Harold, at the Battle of Hastings. Time to meet the ancestors, for we cannot understand King John without knowing something about them. Between Christmas, 1066, when William was crowned at Westminster Abbey, and John’s death in 1216, England had six kings in ...
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/mc_episode16.html John's death within a year is predicted, and Pope Innocent deposes the king from his throne and releases his people from their duty to him.
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - www.msgb.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Twitter - https://twitter.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Christianity and suffering Without any biblical authority, the Roman Church made all of us sinners before we were even born because we had been conceived through sex. Original Sin is one of the main props of Catholicism and was propounded by St Augustine of Hippo, who had lived with a woman for 15 years and sired a son on her. He then found Christ, thanks to Bishop Ambrose of Milan, who was sanctified after his death. For ineffable reasons, pain and suffering – meted out to the wicked and innocent alike – were good. Many people still believe this. At the Edge of th...
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/mc_episode7.html King Richard proved his military skill in the Holy Land, but decided against trying to re-take Jerusalem, so in many ways his crusade was still a work in progress when he decided to return home in 1192.
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http://www.expedia.com/London.d178279.Destination-Travel-Guides A trip to London might as well be a trip through history. This city has long been a hub for finance, education, and culture, and is full of modern construction mixed with ancient buildings. Your London tour must include St. Paul’s Cathedral, one of its most well-known churches. You’ll also want to see the Tower of London, the Palace of Westminster, and Westminster Abbey for exquisite examples of the city’s famous architectural landmarks. Walk or jog through numerous green spaces, among them Hyde Park and Green Park, in the center of London. Continue your London sightseeing in the West End, where you’ll find ancient buildings converted into modern shops, restaurants, bars, and shows. You’ll find one of the largest theatre d...
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These are some things to know before your first visit to London. My ten tips will make your visit to London easier and help you not stick out as a tourist. London underground tips, how to tip in restaurants, and how to pronounce some of the trickier names, and more. **Updates and corrections: - They call it the River Thames (not Thames River) - For all oyster cards, zone charges have increased. For example, travel via zones 1-2 for the day (plus any bus rides) it costs £6.60 the most for that day *Get my free London 101 Guide - http://loveandlondon.com/london-101-guide-main?utm_source=Youtube&utm;_medium=video&utm;_campaign=10%20Things Subscribe to my channel for weekly London tips and travel advice: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=loveandlondon MORE LONDON TIPS: H...
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In the first episode of Travels in Britain, we explore the beautiful Oxfordshire Cotswolds. We stop at the village of Burford, enjoy a spot of tea, visit Blenheim Palace, Kelmscott Manor, The Cotswold Wildlife Park, Cotswold Woolen Weavers and take a canal boat tour on the Oxfordshire Canal.
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http://bookinghunter.com London is one of the world's most remarkable and exciting cities and has something to offer every type of traveller. The most important places to visit in London are: Buckingham Palace (the residence of the British monarch. The changing of the guard is not to be missed), Tower of London (built over 900 years ago, it is a historic landmark), London Bridge (one of the world's most famous bridges. Constructed in 1894, it is an engineering marvel), The London Eye (created for the millennium celebration, one of the world's largest ferris wheels is a site to behold), Madame Tussauds, Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square (a famous square in central London. At the center is Nelson Square, surrounded by fountains), Houses of Parliament (also known as Westminster Palace, it is the se...
Start exploring Great Britain with Lonely Planet’s video guide to getting around, when to go and the top things to do while you're there. For more travel tips, head to https://www.lonelyplanet.com/great-britain
If you’re an American or know an American that is seriously considering visiting England, listen up, because I know a thing or two about that place. That’s right: Until I turned my back on it and moved to its larger cousin, England was my home for 27 drizzly years. While there, I made American friends, dated American girls (I was young; they were desperate), and saw lots of American tourists. So make sure you’re sitting down - preferably not on a toilet... again… Toby83 - and have a pad and paper at the ready.
What makes South West England such an ideal Travel Therapy vacation is all the unique and authentic things to do. From luxury hotels, spas and restaurants, to unique history, culture and art and beautiful outdoor adventures, South West England has it all! Come along with the Emmy award-winning creator and host of Travel Therapy TV, Karen Schaler, as she shows us the top things to do in South West England and shares insider travel tips! #TravelTherapy #Travel #TravelTips #TravelTuesday #TravelTuesdays
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Visit Chepstow Wales (Great Britain) tourism travel tour guide (things to do/places to visit). Subscribe @ http://bit.ly/1OndKNL Travel to Chepstow Wales and visit Chepstow Castle (Castles in Wales) and Tintern Abbey in this travel guide. Visit Chepstow Wales (Great Britain - United Kingdom) tourism (tour) attractions. Chepstow travel guide (Wales). Chepstow travel video. Things to do in Chepstow Wales. Follow Traveling with Krushworth: Facebook - http://on.fb.me/1NKKOwo Twitter - http://bit.ly/1MwQYT1 Travel Blog - https://www.travelingwithkrushworth.com Don't forget to subscribe to my channel. For more travel stories and photographs, visit me at www.travelingwithkrushworth.com.
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There’s no better way to explore the UK than on a road trip! :-) We recently teamed up with IHG Rewards Club to check out their #WhyOverpay promise which ensures you get the cheapest rooms for IHG hotels (e.g. Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza...etc) by booking directly with them rather than on a price comparison site. We stopped off in so many beautiful locations across the South of England on a trip we've wanted to do for quite some time! You can see the full details to help you plan your own road trip over on our blog here - http://handluggageonly.co.uk/2016/07/04/complete-guide-planning-great-british-road-trip/ It started off raining in London but cleared off as soon as we left and was brilliantly sunny all throughout (until when we arrived back in Central London). This was done over 4 day...
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Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Twitter - https://twitter.com/TEdgeoftheWorld Picture sources and episode transcript here - http://www.msgb.co.uk/ateotw_pilot.html At the Edge of the World is a history of the peoples of the British Isles from the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West (AD410) to the death of King William the Conqueror (1087). The first 45 episodes (at approx 18 minutes an Episode) will start running weekly in September 2014. Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - http://www.msgb.co.uk (At the edge of the world, Robert Smith, Manorial Society, Great Britain, History, Documenta...
Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - Follow us on: Facebook . Written and presented by Robert Smith, Chairman of the Manorial Society of Great Britain - Follow us on: Facebook . Watch a history of the peoples of the British Isles from the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West (AD410) to the death of King William the Conqueror (1087).
Metal Detecting yet another property in what could be my greatest town I've ever detected in. Each home produced some old silvers, 1800's coins, and some incredible relics so I'm hoping we can keep the streak going! This hunt started off away from the house as we hit the woods-line first looking for relics and then worked our way towards the house in search of old coins. This might just be our last house in this town and we'll move on from here to another town but it will be hard to beat this area. Don't forget to check out Nickel Nibbler's wrap-up for this hunt. He had some great relics you can see all cleaned up and a special surprise find that I didn't show here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNRIq1fZ7zTe__MxM5vPgA/videos This weeks "Where Go the Logo" shout outs go to: Past & ...
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts (HIST 251) In this lecture Professor Wrightson surveys the religious landscape of England during the later medieval period through to the reign of Henry VIII and the beginnings of the reformation. He notes that while the late medieval church was more vibrant and popular than many early triumphal analysis of the reformation allowed for, there were, nonetheless, critics of Catholicism within England. He traces the earlier opposition to the church as arising from three primary groups: those educated clerics and laymen who desired reform within the church, the small pockets of Lollards within England who opposed traditional religion, and the group of people influenced by European reformation thought who would...
Parker Charter Essential School Division Two: Arts and Humanities Unit Two: Development of Western Thought Feudalism
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts (HIST 251) Professor Wrightson begins by discussing how modern perceptions of the 'traditional' community have informed the manner in which the early modern social landscape is discussed. From here he moves on to address the lived reality of community and social bonds in the period. The roles that the intertwined ideas of lordship and tenancy, custom, neighborliness and social 'credit' played in rural manors and parishes are examined, as are urban institutions like the guilds, and relationships of kinship more generally. Professor Wrightson argues that the social bonds of community and neighborliness were indeed key features of early modern society and could occupy a pivotal position in people's lives, bu...
The Danelaw, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (also known as the Danelagh; Old English: Dena lagu; Danish: Danelagen), is a historical name given to the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons. It is contrasted with West Saxon law and Mercian law. The term has been extended by modern historians to be geographical. The areas that constituted the Danelaw are in northern and eastern England. The origins of the Danelaw arose from the Viking expansion of the ninth century AD, although the term was not used to describe a geographic area until the 11th century AD. With the increase in population and productivity in Scandinavia, Viking warriors, having sought treasure and glory in the nearby British Isles, "proceeded to plough and su...
The French nobility was a privileged social class in France during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period to the French Revolution in 1790. The nobility was revived in 1805 with limited rights as a titled elite class from the First Empire to the fall of the July Monarchy in 1848, when all privileges were abolished. Hereditary titles, without privileges, continued to be granted until the Second Empire fell in 1870, and survive among their descendants. In the political system of pre-Revolutionary France, the nobility made up the Second Estate of the Estates General. Although membership in the noble class was mainly inherited, it was not a closed order. New individuals were appointed to the nobility by the monarchy, or they could purchase rights and titles, or join by marriage. This vi...
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with 1,085,400 residents , and its population increase of 88,400 residents between the 2001 and 2011 censuses was greater than that of any other British local authority. The city lies within the West Midlands Built-up Area, the third most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom with 2,440,986 residents , and its metropolitan area is the United Kingdom's second most populous with 3,701,107 residents . This video targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
chapter 10: A People's History (Of The United States) Howard Zinn. ~ Chapter 10, "The Other Civil War", covers the Anti-Rent movement, the Dorr Rebellion, the Flour Riot of 1837, the Molly Maguires, the rise of labor unions, the Lowell girls movement, and other class struggles centered around the various depressions of the 19th century. He describes the abuse of government power by corporations and the efforts by workers to resist those abuses.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his intended death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival. Chapter 1. Mr Sherlock Holmes - 00:00 Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles - 15:05 Chapter 3. The Problem - 39:28 Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville ...
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts (HIST 251) Professor Wrightson reviews the basic structures and aims of popular protest: notably food riots and agrarian disturbances. He notes that such disturbances were often surprisingly orderly affairs, rather than chaotic expressions of discontent. They aimed to defend traditional rights (rooted in custom) that participants felt were being threatened, either by food shortages or by agrarian changes such as enclosure. The forms taken by such events reveal a coherent moral order. Professor Wrightson reviews the tactics employed by protestors and the ways in which they constituted attempts to negotiate with authority. Official responses were often equally restrained (although the government was capable...
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until overthrown by a liberal February Revolution in 1917. One of the largest empires in world history, stretching over three continents, the Russian Empire was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires. It played a major role in 1812--14 in defeating Napoleon's ambitions to control Europe, and expanded to the west and south. It was often in conflict with the Ottoman Empire . This video targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Public domain image source in video
This page is primarily about the classic, or medieval, European form of feudalism. For feudalism as practiced in other societies, as well as that of the Europeans, see Examples of feudalism. Feudalism is a grouping of legal and military customs, prevalent in medieval Europe, which flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, or any similar grouping of legal and military customs. Simply defined, it was a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
Enclosure was the legal process in England during the eighteenth century of enclosing a number of small landholdings to create one larger farm. Once enclosed, use of the land become restricted to the owner, and it ceased to be common land for communal use. In England and Wales the term is also used for the process that ended the ancient system of arable farming in open fields. Under enclosure, such land is fenced and deeded or entitled to one or more owners. The process of enclosure began to be a widespread feature of the English agricultural landscape during the 16th century. By the 19th century, unenclosed commons had become largely restricted to rough pasture in mountainous areas and to relatively small parts of the lowlands. Enclosure could be accomplished by buying the ground rights a...
The Great Divergence, a term coined by Samuel Huntington, referring to the process by which the Western world overcame pre-modern growth constraints and emerged during the 19th century as the most powerful and wealthy world civilization of all time, eclipsing Qing China, Mughal India, Tokugawa Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. The process was accompanied and reinforced by the Age of Discovery and the subsequent rise of the colonial empires, the Age of Enlightenment, the Commercial Revolution, the Scientific Revolution and finally the Industrial Revolution. Scholars have proposed a wide variety of theories to explain why the Great Divergence happened, including lack of government intervention, geography, colonialism, and customary traditions. This video is targeted to blind users. Attributi...
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges between 1333 and 1370 during the reign of King Casimir III the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown Kingdom of Poland, the existing Lithuanian nobility formally joined this class. As the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth evolved and expanded in territory, its membership grew to include the leaders of Ducal Prussia, Podolian and Ruthenian lands. The origins of the szlachta are shrouded in obscurity and mystery and have been the subject of a variety of theories. Traditionally, its members were owners of landed property, often in the form of "manor farms" or so-called folwarks. The no...
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I'm from a little place call great Britain
But I dunno if I love or hate Britain
These words upon my page written
Are the things that make and break Britain
See I'm from a little place call great Britain
But I dunno if I love or hate Britain
These words upon my page written
Are the things that make and break Britain
One inch to the left, to the left,
Could of been the difference between life and death,
Knife wound to the heart to the side of the chest,
Could of been one statistic less.
See sometimes great Britain ain't that great,
Kids getting stabbed at an alarming rate,
Pressed with a pattern to exonerate,
Increasingly clueless heads of state?
You see knife crime knife crime ain't about knifes,
It's about young Britain and the ways of lives,
You don't solve knife crime by taking knifes to hand,
You solve it by instilling new hopes and plans,
You've got positives though, I swear its true,
In all south east west and the midlands too.
God damn viresty, that shines right through.
Who's makes the best music in the world, we do
I'm from a little place call great Britain
But I dunno if I love or hate Britain
These words upon my page written
Are the things that make and break Britain
See I'm from a little place call great Britain
But I dunno if i love or hate Britain
These words upon my page written
Are the things that make and break Britain
In a 2008 - 2009 goverment report,
Violent crime was not listed to increase
Or decrease, it was instead listed as stable.
Now what I ask you is, is stable really acceptable?
You see between 2003 and 2008,
The number of children admited into NHS hospitals
With knife wounds saw a rise of 120%
So in my eyes, 2008-2009 stability just makes that card as desenotised
But statistics can be twisted, and out of context aren't realistic
I'm from a little place call great Britain
But I dunno if I love or hate Britain
These words upon my page written
Are the things that make and break Britain
See I'm from a little place call great Britain
But I dunno if I love or hate Britain
These words upon my page written