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1. The Patricide of John Kewish
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... immediately. He the prisoner then hid the gun in the thatch of an outhouse.”   This confession caused so much anguish that the British Home Secretary was informed, and a petition raised for a reprieve. ...
... of debtors’ prison.   Madison was re-elected president in 1812, and as the War of 1812 brought the threat of a British invasion of Washington, Dolley was about to accomplish a feat for which she became ...
For many years now, speculation has been rife about who exactly was ‘Jack the Ripper’. Suspects range from John Pizer, a Jewish shoemaker to Sir William Gull, the Royal Physician. Even Queen Victoria’s ...
4. Wet Nursing in Early Modern England.
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... and Fall of the British Nanny. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson Gouge.W 1622. Of Domesticall Duties. Houlbrooke. R 1984. The English Family. London: Longmans Ranum.O 1980. Medicine and Society in France. ...
The tribes of Afghanistan In the 1800s Afghanistan was a geographical region inhabited by tribal clans with no common political ideology; not really a nation. The British Empire in India needed ...
6. What is a Ranter?
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"Till you can lie with all women as one woman, and not judge it sin, you can do nothing but sin” (Hill.)   "The Ranters" was a term coined during the English Civil War to describe a counter-culture ...
7. The Ditchley Portrait Explained
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... is fairly well publicized about. It is notable for its use of symbols to represent historical circumstances. In it, the Queen is shown standing on a map of the British Isles, the tips of her shoes standing ...
8. The Battle of the Somme – Its Significance
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... premature and much debated deployment of British troops in response to the surprise attacks launched by Germany at Verdun. Additionally, the First World War came at a time when technology was overhauling ...
... History-on-the-web.com shall be entitled to carry over payment to the subsequent month(s), until the aggregate bonus to be paid shall reach such minimum amount. 9.4  The Bonus will be paid in British ...
10. Brief History of the Legal System
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The Evolution of the Modern Day Solicitor During the 16th Century the legal process was hierarchical. At the very top of the heap was the Royal power base, i.e. the King's Bench and Star Chamber. These ...
11. The Coggeshall Gang
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Violence, Arson and Highway Robbery When ambling through tranquil Coggeshall in Essex, it is difficult to imagine it ever having a violent past. But during the mid 19th Century a gang held the small ...
12. Victorian Hard Labour
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Punishment for the Victorian Criminal  The nineteenth century saw a number of 'useless' hard labour techniques introduced. Before the Victorian period, hard labour fulfilled two purposes: punishment ...
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