At its apex was the king who, in theory at least, owned all the land in his kingdom. Immediately below the king was a group of major landholders who held their land directly from him, his tenants-in-chief. ... The tenants-in-chief let out land to their tenants, the lesser barons and lords, on the same terms. ... The amount of land a man held was directly proportional to the amount of military service he could render. ... This decentralization of land-holding and power required that each landholder provide himself with a base from which to operate. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

We can't know in total whether this will be a good or a bad thing but we shouldn't just assume blindly that all will be well. ... In many places – and certainly this is true in England and probably true in other countries: in many continental countries and on the Mediterranean coast – untreated sewage is discharged directly into the sea instead of being treated and used on the land, as would seem possible. ... And, of course, the oceans are huge – they cover more of the earth surface than land but they can't endlessly prove a kind of flushing system, purificat...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Mask of Anarchy: a Reflection of Shelley's Revolutionary Introduction Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was the only son of an aristocratic family: his father was an M.P. and his grandfather was a wealthy landowner. He educated at Eton College and entered the University of Oxford. There, he...

• Word Count: 2715
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the big defeat in the Gallipoli Battles and huge loss of people, the Turks were in bad conditions, too. ... First the author explains that the French politicians were impressed by the idea of having some part of east in short-term (some land from a very developed agricultural society-Turkey-), the thought of capturing the Ottoman Empire's lands that include the middle-east which the French politicians can't wait to get a part from. ...

• Word Count: 3181
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate