... in order to romance Igerna at Tintagel Castle while the real Duke was away. Geoffery also introduced Arthur's famed court (placed at Caerleon-on-Usk) and his final battle and defeat at the hands of Modred, his treacherous nephew. Artos Of The Celts It is almost certain that Arthur did exist, although it is unlikely he was a king. He is more likely to have been a warrior and Celtic cavalry leader. The Saxon invaders, who were unmounted, would have been at a considerable disadvantage against the speed with which the Celtic company were able to move around the country, which would make possible the dozen victories up and down the country that ...
... in New York City. Then in 1935, he landed a job with the Works Progress Administration, a government agency that put artists to work during the Great Depression. By the next decade, he had attained a place in the downtown art scene among his fellow artists. By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, began to be recognized as a major painter in a movement called "Abstract Expressionism". This new school of thought shifted the center of twentieth century art form Paris to New York. Willem de Kooning was recognized as the only painter who had one foot in Europe and one in America. He combined classical Eur ...
... the English. Joan was like any other peasant girl in the 15th century. She could not read or write, but she worked hard on her father's farm and acquired her faith and prayers from her mother. In the village she was remembered as a good and simple girl. She had three brothers and a sister who died young. As a peasant, she always remained close to home and didn't even consider leaving the village until she was thirteen and had begun hearing voices. She identified the voice as that of God, telling her that she would have to perform a great task. By age sixteen, she had visions and heard the voices of Saint Margaret, Saint Michael and Saint Catherine sending her on ...
... behind that would influence William’s life and spark the future of his outstanding career both as a soldier and a courtier. At age thirteen William was sent to William De Tancarville, to begin his military training for the knighthood. William De Tancarville was known throughout Europe as one of the grander patrons of knighthood. In the Tancarville household, William would learn courtliness in addition to all other prerequisites found in a professional soldier of the day. After six years of being a squire in the Tancarville Household, Marshall was knighted in 1166. In 1170, King Henry II appointed William to the head of his son’s mesnie or military ...
... 1976: 406) In his early years, Mackenzie led a dissipated life of wondering among the streets and was reduced to booze and gambling. At an age of 17 to 21, he claimed that he had given up on drinking and gambling. On July 17, 1814, his illegitimate son was born. What he had done to Isabel Reid, mother of his son, was a sinful deed. ("Mackenzie" 1976: 407) He did not assume responsibility for the child; he abandoned his son and his mother-Elizabeth. ("Mackenzie" 1976: 407) This exceptional horrid flaw in his character was carried on into his career later on as a mayor. Mackenzie was named Toronto's first mayor by his fellow councillors, defeating John Rolph. A ...
... a partial recovery. He sought accommodations with the Soviet Union and China, and he helped preserve a tenuous Middle Eastern peace. But public desire for more vigorous leadership led to his defeat in the 1976 presidential election. During World War II, Ford served four years in the Navy as an aviation operations officer, including two years aboard the aircraft carrier USS Monterey. He was discharged as a lieutenant commander. After practicing law again, Ford ran for congress in 1948 with the support of Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-Mich.). he defeated an isolationist republican, Rep. Bartel J. Jonkman, in the primary and then defeated the democratic candidate ...
... Deserts and lives with the natives of nukuheva. He is later rescued by the whaler Lucy Anne. 1843 Ships for boston aboard the native vessel for the U.S. White-Jacket was based upon this experience. 1846 Publishes typee. 1847 Publishes Omoo 1849 Feb. 16: His son, Malcom melvelle is born. 1850 Publishes white jacket. Moves to Arrowhead farm in Pittsburg, massachustettes. 1851 Publishes the famous moby-dick. Oct. 22 Stanwix Melville is born. 1852 Publishes Pierre which prompted one newspaper made a headline "herman melville crazy". 1853 Elizibeth Melville is born. 1855 March 2: Frances Melville is born. Publishes Israel potter. 1856 Publis ...
... three ships, but the Queen was only willing to give him one. Columbus had to wait. Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, and thought it was Asia. He and his men, unexpectedly, came across Natives and their culture, and realized this was not Asia. Columbus first landed on the island of Navidad, and ended up coming back to this New World 3 more times. He never landed on the main land of America, but he keeped on exploring the coasts of America, looking for an opening to get to Asia. Unfortunatly, he never found it because there was and is none. Columbus' attitude to all of this was pretty positive. Columbus' attitude was negative at some times, like w ...
... In 1663 he became happily married to Lady Elizabeth Howard, a sister of his patron. Until then he had no real source of income. He began writing plays as a source of income. His first attempt failed, but his second attempt The Rival Ladies, a tragic comedy, was a success. During the next 20 years he became an important and well-known dramatist in England. Some of his most famous plays included names like Ladies a la Mode, Mock Astrologer, and An Evening’s Love. Another play that was famously known because it was banned as indecent was Mr. Limberham. This was unusual for this time period for a play to be banned because of it’s indecency because the Resto ...
... City in 1945. This play won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize as the years best play. Williams averaged two plays a year since that time. On February 4, 1983, Tennessee Williams died in New York City. Throughout Williams' lifetime he has put forth more than twenty- five full-length plays, more than forty short plays, a dozen produced (and unproduced) screenplays and an opera libretto. These have been translated into at least twenty-seven languages, including Tamil, Welsh, Marathi and Hindi. In addition, there are two novels, a novella, more than sixty short stories, more than one hundred poems, an autobiography, a published volume of letters, introd ...
