These are the stories of women famous infamous & unknown who shaped the course of medieval history The lives & actions of medieval women were restricted by the men who ruled the homes countries & world they lived in It was men who fought wars made laws & dictated religious doctrine It was men who were taught to read trained to rule & expected to fight Today it is easy to think that all women from this era were downtrodden retiring & obedient housewives whose sole purpose was to give birth to children (preferably boys) & serve their husbands Heroines of the Medieval World looks at the lives of the women who broke the mould those who defied social norms & made their own future consequently changing lives society & even the course of history Some of the women are famous such as Eleanor of Aquitaine who was not only a duchess in her own right but also Queen Consort of France through her first marriage & Queen Consort of England through her second in addition to being a crusader & a rebel Then there are the more obscure but no less remarkable figures such as Nicholaa de la Haye who defended Lincoln Castle in the name of King John & Maud de Braose who spoke out against the same king's excesses & whose death (or murder) was the inspiration for a clause in Magna Carta Women had to walk a fine line in the Middle Ages but many learned to survive
- even flourish
- in this male-dominated world Some led armies while others made their influence felt in more subtle ways but all made a contribution to their era & should be remembered for daring to defy & lead in a world that demanded they obey & follow

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A whimsical RPG with a colourful cast & quirky sense of humour from the writer of Mother 3 the Japanese game with a global cult following Playing as Lucky a part-timer at the adventure theme park Heroland the title thrives on tongue-in-cheek personality reminiscent of Paper Mario vibrant charm of Earthbound & the pick-up-&-play simplicity akin to games such as Pokemon Quest Quirky humour A light-hearted & funny story stands out from the genres usual heavy plots & melodrama Huge cast of characters Pick your party from a roster of more than 20 characters & get to know the monsters; aka your colleagues! Each character has their own charming story that is a delight to discover Customisation Customise your heroes strategies weapons & more including taking spoils to decorate your room Creatives team with cult following Directed by Takahiro Yamane (Fantasy Life) written by Nobuyuki Inoue (MOTHER 3 Legend of Mana) taking place in a colorful 2D world created by Nobuhiro Imagawa (MOTHER 3 Legend of Mana) ...

A whimsical RPG with a colourful cast & quirky sense of humour from the writer of Mother 3 the Japanese game with a global cult following Playing as Lucky a part-timer at the adventure theme park Heroland the title thrives on tongue-in-cheek personality reminiscent of Paper Mario vibrant charm of Earthbound & the pick-up-&-play simplicity akin to games such as Pokemon Quest Quirky humour A light-hearted & funny story stands out from the genres usual heavy plots & melodrama Huge cast of characters Pick your party from a roster of more than 20 characters & get to know the monsters; aka your colleagues! Each character has their own charming story that is a delight to discover Customisation Customise your heroes strategies weapons & more including taking spoils to decorate your room Creatives team with cult following Directed by Takahiro Yamane (Fantasy Life) written by Nobuyuki Inoue (MOTHER 3 Legend of Mana) taking place in a colorful 2D world created by Nobuhiro Imagawa (MOTHER 3 Legend of Mana) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD In the ponderous drama HEROSTRATUS a disillusioned poet decides that he has had enough of life & begins to plan his suicide Rather than go quietly he decides to make a &statement& by turning it into a media circus He heads straight for a public relations company & tells them that he is famous & from a wealthy family A little investigation reveals that he is not only poor but also a lousy writer Still news is news & they agree to publicise his death Unfortunately on the appointed day the poet finds someone waiting for him on the roof top This person tries to convince the poet not to jump A struggle ensues & the helpful fellow falls to his death Later the poet runs wildly through the streets into the distance Actors Mona Chin Michael Gothard Helen Mirren Richard Huggett Max Latimer Gabriella Licudi Hilda Marvin Malcolm Muggeridge Vivienne Myles Antony Paul Brigitte St John & Peter Stephens Director Don Levy Certificate 15 years & over Year 1967 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 2 hours & 17 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A devious housekeeper convinces her master to cut his worthy grandson out of his will & to leave the riches to her instead The grandson disguised as the projectionist of a travelling cinema show flatters his way into the home to project a film of Tartuffe in an attempt to open his grandfather&s eyes F W Murnau made this film adaptation of Moliere&s satire for UFA early in 1925 & it was released the following year shortly followed by Faust By presenting the play as a film-within-a-film Murnau takes the opportunity to place the material in a contemporary setting sandwiched inside a morality lesson about greed & hypocrisy Unjustly neglected for decades perhaps because of its low-key nature compared with Murnau&s more grand masterpieces this delightful curiosity is more than a mere trifle Tartuffe affirms Murnau as a master of multifarious cinematic disciplines from the set-based dreams of Faust & Sunrise to the naturalist landscapes of Nosferatu City Girl & Tabu In Tartuffe we find an intimate Murnau relying on close-ups & the performances of his actors to create magic Emil Jannings plays Tartuffe with creepy panache in a tour-de-force turn alongside Lil Dagover & Werner Krauss Restored in 2002 by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv Berlin Koblenz & the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung of Wiesbaden this DVD contains the best surviving version of the film featuring German intertitles optional English subtitles tinting & is presented at the correct speed Actors Hermann Picha Rosa Valetti Andre Mattoni Werner Krauss & Lil Dagover Director FW Murnau Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1926 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages SILENT
- Dolby Digital Subtitles German intertitles ; English subtitles Duration 1 hour & 4 minutes (approx)
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Roger Norton Vane is dead Twenty years ago he went for a walk in the Thai jungle with his partner & never returned After years of wild speculation & fruitless searches finally his death is to be made official & somebody will inherit his accumulated wealth Ethelred Tressider crime writer & Vane&s biographer attends the memorial service but little does he expect to find himself talking to Vane himself apparently returned from the dead Chaos ensues & while trying to complete the biography it becomes clear that many people wish the man calling himself Vane had stayed dead & that his anecdotes had died with him ...

Tracklist Side One 1 Another Christian 2 Bark 3 Crawling 4 In The Wood Side Two 1 The Beast Of Love (feat Jonathan Donahue) &8211; Have a Listen 2 Witness 3 Treats ...

OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer
- Active a tough versatile version of OS Explorer The OS Explorer Active range now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps


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Tracklist Esotic Energy Jitter Nasty MFRule The Sun Multicone Lly Spirals Solar Xub Meta Wave Cops Twerk Peach Dedicated (feat Mar G) Zykmed ...

Based on the best selling book by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo He&s Just Not That Into You features a host of Hollywood stars including Ben Affleck Drew Barrymore Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Connelly Justin Long Scarlett Johannsson & Kris Kristofferson Several young Baltimore residents have a tough time finding love A bored wife contemplates leaving her inattentive husband The reason he&s inattentive? He&s having an affair with another woman who in turn is being pursued by a single guy who&s got the hots for her However the single guy could find happiness with another woman who&s obsessed with him if his attention wasn&t focused elsewhere Bonus Features Behind the story Extras the director stages a scene
- Duet for telephones Additional footagedeleted scenes with commentary by director Ken Kwapis Actors Ben Affleck Bradley Cooper Drew Barrymore Ginnifer Goodwin Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Connelly Justin Long Kevin Connolly Scarlett Johansson Kris Kristofferson Wilson Cruz Justin Rodgers Hall Cory Hardrict & Hedy Burress Director Ken Kwapis Certificate 12 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 9 minutes (approx)

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