A poem about Romeo and Juliet:
Oh Juliet! I love you!
I need you and I know that you need me too.I hope that we can stay together.
Oh Juliet, Juliet you are my life.
Oh Romeo! I need you!
You are the most important person in my life.
I love you Romeo, Romeo!
domingo, 18 de enero de 2009
HENRY VII WAS MARRIED TO SIX DIFFERENT WOMEN.
Name : Anne Boleyn
Fate: Beheaded on May 19, 1536 after being charged with adultery.
Children : Elizabeth I
Wife Number : 2
Name : Jane Seymour
Fate: On October Jane died from complications of childbirth.
Children : Elizabeth I
Wife Number : 2
Name : Anne of Cleves
Fate : Henry divorced her.
Children : None
Wife Number : 4
Name : Catherine of Aragon
Fate : Henry divorced her
Children : Mary I
Wife Number : 1
Name : Catherine Parr
Fate : On September 7, Catherine died of complications from the childbirth.
Children : None
Wife Number : 6
Name : Catherine Howard
Fate : Beheaded, charged with treason
Children : None
Wife Number : 5
Tudor's London
Tudor London can be described as a prosperous, bustling city during the Tudor dynasty. In fact, the population increased from 75,000 inhabitants with Henry VII to 200,000 at the end of the 16th century.
The Tudor monarchs had a royal residence in London called Whitehall Palace and another in the countryside,called Hampton court , after Cardinal Wolsey gave it to Henry VIII.These Tudor kings and queens used what are now famous parks , such as Hyde Park or St. James's Park , as Royal Hunting forests.
Not many Tudor buildings survive today, mostly because of The Great Fire , which happened in 1666. Besides, , the 13 religious houses in London were converted for private use or pulled down for building materials after the Dissolution of the monasteries, which was Henry VIII's most decisive step against the power of the church in 1538. First the small, less powerful houses had their property confiscated and their buildings blighted (made unsuitable for use). They were followed the next year by the large houses.
Apart from that, the theatres were banned from the city by the city authorities or guilds because plays wasted workmen's time ( so it wasn't for religious objection to the play's contents ) . Then, they were built in the Southwark, where now a reconstruction of the Globe can be visited to learn about Tudor theatre.
At that time, London's financial rival was the city of Amsterdam and to be able to compete with it , the an international exchange, was created in 1566.
So, all in all, and because of many other events and facts, we can say that both London and England were powerful.
http://www.xtec.net/aulanet/ud/angles/love/london.htm
The Tudor monarchs had a royal residence in London called Whitehall Palace and another in the countryside,called Hampton court , after Cardinal Wolsey gave it to Henry VIII.These Tudor kings and queens used what are now famous parks , such as Hyde Park or St. James's Park , as Royal Hunting forests.
Not many Tudor buildings survive today, mostly because of The Great Fire , which happened in 1666. Besides, , the 13 religious houses in London were converted for private use or pulled down for building materials after the Dissolution of the monasteries, which was Henry VIII's most decisive step against the power of the church in 1538. First the small, less powerful houses had their property confiscated and their buildings blighted (made unsuitable for use). They were followed the next year by the large houses.
Apart from that, the theatres were banned from the city by the city authorities or guilds because plays wasted workmen's time ( so it wasn't for religious objection to the play's contents ) . Then, they were built in the Southwark, where now a reconstruction of the Globe can be visited to learn about Tudor theatre.
At that time, London's financial rival was the city of Amsterdam and to be able to compete with it , the an international exchange, was created in 1566.
So, all in all, and because of many other events and facts, we can say that both London and England were powerful.
http://www.xtec.net/aulanet/ud/angles/love/london.htm
lunes, 15 de diciembre de 2008
lunes, 1 de diciembre de 2008
A trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon
lunes, 17 de noviembre de 2008
BIG BEN!
This 316ft clock-tower was completed between 1858-59.Big Ben is named, probably, after Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works.
Big Ben was first broadcast on New Year's Eve in 1923. The light above the clock is lit while the Commons is sitting. Big Ben weighs over 13 tons.
The clock mechanism, alone, weights about 5 tons. The figures on the clock face are about 2 feet long, the minute spaces are 1 ft. square; and the copper minute hands are14 ft. Long.
Whitechapel Bell Foundry - Makers of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell. Also hand bells, tower bells, clock bells, carillons, and turret bells.
If you want to see a video about the fantastic big ben click on the picture.
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