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The Pale of Calais (French: le Calaisis) is a historical region in modern-day France that was controlled by the monarchs of England following the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Pale is an archaic English term for "area, jurisdiction". The capture by the English is the subject of Auguste Rodin's 1889 sculpture The Burghers of Calais. In 1558, the expanding Kingdom of France took the Pale of Calais in the aftermath of the Siege of Calais.
Calais fell after the Battle of Crécy in 1346 to Edward III of England following a desperate siege. Its seizure gave him a defensible outpost where his army could regroup, and the city's position on the English Channel meant that, once it was taken, it could be resupplied easily by sea. Its retention was confirmed under the Treaty of Brétigny, signed on 8 May 1360, when Edward renounced the throne of France, in return for substantial lands in France, namely Aquitaine and the area around Calais. By 1453, at the end of the Hundred Years' War, it was the only part of mainland France to remain in English hands.
Calais (/ˈkæleɪ/ CAL-ay, traditionally /ˈkælᵻs/; French pronunciation: [kaˈlɛ]; Picard: Calés; Dutch: Kales) is a town and major ferry port in northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. The population of the metropolitan area at the 2010 census was 126,395. Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, which is only 34 km (21 mi) wide here, and is the closest French town to England. The White Cliffs of Dover can easily be seen on a clear day from Calais. Calais is a major port for ferries between France and England, and since 1994, the Channel Tunnel has linked nearby Coquelles to Folkestone by rail.
Due to its position, Calais since the Middle Ages has been a major port and a very important centre for transport and trading with England. It was annexed by Edward III of England in 1347 and grew into a thriving centre for wool production. Calais was a territorial possession of England until its capture by France in 1558. The town came to be called the "brightest jewel in the English crown" owing to its great importance as the gateway for the tin, lead, lace and wool trades (or "staples"). In 1805 it was a staging area for Napoleon's troops for several months during his planned invasion of the United Kingdom. The town was virtually razed to the ground during World War II, when in May 1940, it was a strategic bombing target of the invading German forces who took the town during the Siege of Calais. During World War II, the Germans built massive bunkers along the coast in preparation for launching missiles on England.
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CCC XIII Medieval Manor 1520AD 7th June to 24th June, Balinghem (between Ardres in France and Guînes in the then-English Pale of Calais). King Henry VIII and King Francis I of France host a meeting to increase the bond of friendship between the two kings following the Anglo-French treaty of 1514AD The meeting became known as the Field of the cloth of gold due to the pavilions and tents erected. One of the more spectacular parts of the meeting was a temporary palace/medieval Manor House made of timber and canvas brought by the English court to go with the pavilions and tents. Outside were fountains of wine. During the meeting the two Kings had a fight, won by Francis who tripped Henry. This animation was inspired by Horrible Histories
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English/French/Russian It has become France's worst labour crisis in a decade, involving thousands of university students and public sector workers. Although the industrial action has brought Paris to a halt, commuters in the city are finding novel ways to avoid the effects of the transport chaos. The strikes by rail, bus and metro workers against government cutbacks brought traffic grinding to a halt in Paris. Their action has nearly shut down the capital, leaving commuters without trains, subways or buses and causing massive jams in and around the city. Hard-hit commuters have been forced to improvise to get to work, with many people thumbing for lifts on the side of the road. The authorities appear to have turned a blind eye to some breaches of the highway code, as...
I. Hiawatha's Wedding Feast; II. The Death of Minnehaha; III. Overture to Hiawatha; IV. Hiawatha's Departure. The 2014 radio broadcast of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's four-part Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha (complete), as performed in March 2013 by The Longfellow Chorus, with Angela Brown, soprano, Rodrick Dixon, tenor, and Robert Honeysucker, baritone. Commentary by Longfellow Chorus artistic director Charles Kaufmann.
Subtitles available. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947). Chapter 16 00:00 to 27:00 Chapter 17 27:01 to 39:33 Chapter 18 39:34 to 47:35 Chapter 19 47:36 to 1:04:07 Chapter 20 1:04:08 to 1:15:58 Chapter 21 1:15:59 to 1:30:03 Chapter 22 1:30:04 to 1:47:13 Chapter 23 1:47:14 to 1:59:20 Read by Karen Savage. Audio courtesy of LibriVox. Many thanks to the reader and all those involved! CLICK HERE for MORE VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/The16thCavern
Subtitles available. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947). Chapter 24 00:00 to 12:12 Chapter 25 12:13 to 27:00 Chapter 26 27:01 to 42:21 Chapter 27 42:22 to 55:42 Read by Karen Savage. Audio courtesy of LibriVox. Many thanks to the reader and all those involved! CLICK HERE for MORE VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/The16thCavern
Twenty non-fiction, true crime biographical sketches of people you would not want your son or daughter to marry. Preface - 00:00 Chapter 01. A Russianh Delilah - 4:30 Chapter 02. An Infamous Female Poisoner - 33:23 Chapter 03. Belle Star, The Girl Bushranger - 1:00:16 Chapter 04. The Woman With The Fatal Eyes - 1:29:25 Chapter 05. Madame Rachel, The Beauty Specialist - 1:58:11 Chapter 06. The Monte Carlo Trunk Murderess - 2:27:31 Chapter 07. Martha Kupfer, Swindler - 2:56:29 Chapter 08. Madame Guerin, Matrimonial Agent - 3:26:20 Chapter 09. The Murder Of Madame Houet - 3:53:30 Chapter 10. The Bootmaker's Royal Wooing - 4:11:27 Chapter 11. The Bogus Sir Richard Douglas - 4:31:32 Chapter 12. The Enterprising Mrs. Chadwick - 4:52:45 Chapter 13. The Million Dollar Ranch Girl - 5:11:19 Chapte...
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In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday... Dedication. Poem To Edmund Clerihew Bentl...
Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes a voyage that isn’t needful… and is marooned on a small island off South America. Crusoe shows the value of single-minded labor as he pursues ways to feed, shelter, and clothe himself. His ardent wish is to escape his island – why is it that the only people who come there are cannibals? But he spends more than two decades in isolation before acquiring a sidekick – the man Friday you’ve probably heard ...
British pensioner who tried to swim to a cruise liner when it left port without her is rescued a third of a mile out to sea clinging on to her HANDBAG. A British holidaymaker has been rescued from the Atlantic after apparently trying to swim to her cruise liner when it left port without her. Susan Brown, 65, was pulled from the ice-cold waters in the early hours of Sunday with severe hypothermia after more than four hours swimming a third of a mile out to sea in the hope of making it to her ship, the Marco Polo. She is thought to have jumped into the water from beside Madeira Airport after believing her husband Michael - with whom she had argued - had got back on board when she lost sight of him. The pair had cut short a 32 day tour from West Indies on day 28 - with cruise operator Cruise ...