Word: plantaganet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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King John, a Plantaganet issued the Magna Charta. Henry VIII, a Tudor, acquired a kingly record for marriages. Elizabeth, another Tudor, made England mistress of the seas. Charles I, a Stuart, lost his head in a palace courtyard. George III, a Hanover, kept his pig-head and lost his country the richest half of North America. Victoria, a Saxe-Coburg, became Empress of India...
Bordeaux was a British city for 300 years. Its cathedral is perpendicular English Gothic. The Plantaganet lion is still on the city shield and a certain amount of British phlegm remains in the Bordelais temperament. Its shipping is crippled. Repeal has had practically no effect in relieving its wine industry. Before the War Germany bought 16 times as much Bordeaux wine as the U. S. High tariffs have cut U. S. Repeal imports far below expectations, and the German market has completely disappeared. Yet the Bordelais are not ready to revolt. Should there be elections tomorrow their chief interest would...
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