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Roundheads was de spottende benaming die werd gegeven aan de parlementsgezinden ten tijde van de Engelse Burgeroorlog (1642-1651). De benaming bleef in gebruik voor mensen met republikeinse neigingen tot aan de Glorious Revolution van 1688. Hun tegenstanders, de koningsgezinden, stonden bekend onder de bijnaam cavaliers, een benaming die ook ...
0-563-40576-7. Preceded by. Illegal Alien. Followed by. The Face of the Enemy. The Roundheads is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor, Ben, Jamie, and Polly .
Sir John Lenthall (c. 1625–1681) was an English Member of Parliament. He was elected MP for Gloucester in 1645, knighted by Oliver Cromwell in 1658 and made Governor of Windsor Castle from 1657 to 1660. After the 1660 Restoration of the Monarchy he was pricked Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1672–73 and knighted a second time by Charles II in 1677.
Edmund Prideaux (died 1659) of Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, [1] was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War. He was briefly solicitor-general but chose to resign rather than participate in the regicide of King Charles I. Afterwards, he was attorney-general, a position he held ...
High explosive squash head. (HESH) Cross section of a 120 mm HESH round from the Arjun main battle tank. A high-explosive squash head ( HESH ), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized ( HEP ), in American terminology, [1] is a type of explosive projectile with plastic explosive that conforms to the surface of a target ...
Roundhay Garden Scene, também conhecido como Le Prince Motion Picture No. 1, [ 1] é um filme mudo britânico de curta-metragem com apenas dois segundos de duração, dirigido pelo inventor francês Louis Le Prince em 1888. É considerado um dos mais antigos filmes da história ainda sobrevivente. Nele aparecem membros da família do diretor ...
King Arthur and his knights in a 14th-century Italian manuscript of the Vulgate Cycle 's Quest for the Holy Grail. The Knights of the Round Table ( Welsh: Marchogion y Ford Gron, Cornish: Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, Breton: Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the Matter of ...
