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It was a bright cold day in April…Orwell 1984

Valentina Corrente

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the wild wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tackled to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man … Continua a leggere It was a bright cold day in April…Orwell 1984

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The Norman Conquest

Valentina Corrente

The Norman conquest marked the beginning of a new era. The Normans brought a new social system, known as the feudal system, based on a strict hierarchy that saw the king at the top, under him the barons, then the knights and finally the peasants and the serfs. The king gave the land to his barons in return for military service; the same relationship linked the knights to the barons. Twenty years after the conquest, William sent his men throughout England to make a survey of the economic life of the country: in 1086 the record, known as “Dornesday Book”, … Continua a leggere The Norman Conquest