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The Pleading in English Act 1362 (36 Edw. 3 Stat. 1.c. 15), [1] often rendered Statute of Pleading, was an Act of the Parliament of England.The Act complained that because the Norman French language was largely unknown to the common people of England, they had no knowledge of what was being said for or against them in the courts, which used Law French.
Radio Londres ([ʁa.djo lɔ̃dʁ], French for "Radio London") was a radio station broadcast from 1940 to 1944 by the BBC in London to Nazi-occupied France.It was entirely in French and was operated by the Free French who had escaped from occupied France.
Banned in Australia from 1927 to 1936 and from 1938 to 1973. [4] 1938 1973 The 120 Days of Sodom (1789) Marquis de Sade: 1789 1957 *Unknown* Novel Banned by the Australian Government in 1957 for obscenity. [5] Droll Stories: Honoré de Balzac: 1837 1901, 1928 1923, 1973 Short stories Banned for obscenity from 1901 to 1923 and 1928 to c.1973. [6 ...
Anti-French sentiment (Francophobia or Gallophobia) is the fear of, discrimination against, prejudice of, or hatred towards France, the French people, French culture, the French government or the Francophonie (set of political entities that use French as an official language or whose French-speaking population is numerically or proportionally large). [1]
Some songs were banned for containing sexually explicit lyrics, or promoting the use of drugs. Some songs were banned for political reasons such as Paul McCartney and Wings song "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in the 1970s, or in the 1980s Christy Moore's "Back Home in Derry" since it was written by Bobby Sands. [132]
Airbnb lost my reservation in London, banned me and I’m out $1,780. CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT. December 28, 2022 at 3:45 PM. 1 / 2. Airbnb lost my reservation in London, banned me and I’m out $1,780.
A man in France continues to puzzle scientists nearly a decade after he was found to be living with just 10 percent of a typical human brain. His case was originally published in The Lancet ...
Emigrants primarily settled in London and Soho, the latter had grown into a thriving French cultural district, complete with French hotels and cuisine, although it had long been a haven for French exiles, housing many thousands of Frenchmen from the last mass migration which occurred in reaction to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. [7]