text: The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.

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text: Battle

text: of

text: Hastings

text: was

text: fought

text: on

text: October

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text: the

text: Norman

text: French

text: army

text: of

text: William

text: the

text: Duke

text: of

text: Normandy

text: and

text: an

text: English

text: army

text: under

text: the

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: King

text: Harold

text: Godwinson

text: beginning

text: the

text: Norman

text: conquest

text: of

text: England

text: It

text: took

text: place

text: approximately

text: northwest

text: of

text: Hastings

text: close

text: to

text: the

text: present

text: day

text: town

text: of

text: Battle

text: East

text: Sussex

text: and

text: was

text: decisive

text: Norman

text: victory

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The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation being the Barony of Curzon of Kedleston).
Ranks.
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

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text: Wessex ("kingdom of the West Saxons") was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century.

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text: Edward the Confessor (; 1003  5 January 1066), also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066.

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text: Confessor

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text: House

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text: Wessex

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text: The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. An epeiric (or "shelf") sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than long and wide, with an area of around .

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text: shelf

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text: European

text: continental

text: shelf

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text: connects

text: to

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text: ocean

text: through

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text: English

text: Channel

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text: south

text: and

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text: Norwegian

text: Sea

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text: north

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text: wide

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text: an

text: area

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text: around

text: Norway (; Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Sami: "Norgga"), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Until 1814, the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands (since 1035), Greenland (1261), and Iceland (1262). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468. It also included the following provinces, now in Sweden: Jämtland, Härjedalen and Bohuslän.

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text: Scandinavian

text: Peninsula

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text: archipelago

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text: Peter

text: Island

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text: sub

text: Antarctic

text: Bouvet

text: Island

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text: dependent

text: territories

text: and

text: thus

text: not

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text: part

text: of

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text: Kingdom

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text: The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th centurywhen it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdomsuntil 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

text: The

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: England

text: was

text: sovereign

text: state

text: on

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: from

text: the

text: centurywhen

text: it

text: emerged

text: from

text: various

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: kingdomsuntil

text: when

text: it

text: united

text: with

text: Scotland

text: to

text: form

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: Harold Godwinson or Harold II (pronounced  ; 1022  14 October 1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England. His death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England.

text: Harold

text: Godwinson

text: or

text: Harold

text: II

text: pronounced

text: October

text: was

text: the

text: last

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: king

text: of

text: England

text: Harold

text: reigned

text: from

text: January

text: until

text: his

text: death

text: at

text: the

text: Battle

text: of

text: Hastings

text: on

text: October

text: fighting

text: the

text: Norman

text: invaders

text: led

text: by

text: William

text: the

text: Conqueror

text: during

text: the

text: Norman

text: conquest

text: of

text: England

text: His

text: death

text: marked

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: rule

text: over

text: England

text: Norman Frank Cantor (November 19, 1929  September 18, 2004) was a Canadian-American historian who specialized in the medieval period. Known for his accessible writing and engaging narrative style, Cantor's books were among the most widely read treatments of medieval history in English. His textbook "The Civilization of the Middle Ages", first published in 1963, remains an all-time bestseller in the field.

text: Norman

text: Frank

text: Cantor

text: November

text: September

text: was

text: Canadian

text: American

text: historian

text: who

text: specialized

text: in

text: the

text: medieval

text: period

text: Known

text: for

text: his

text: accessible

text: writing

text: and

text: engaging

text: narrative

text: style

text: Cantor

text: 's

text: books

text: were

text: among

text: the

text: most

text: widely

text: read

text: treatments

text: of

text: medieval

text: history

text: in

text: English

text: His

text: textbook

text: The

text: Civilization

text: of

text: the

text: Middle

text: Ages

text: first

text: published

text: in

text: remains

text: an

text: all

text: time

text: bestseller

text: in

text: the

text: field

text: Hastings is a historic town and borough in the county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 90,254, which makes it the 66th largest settlement in the United Kingdom.

text: Hastings

text: is

text: historic

text: town

text: and

text: borough

text: in

text: the

text: county

text: of

text: East

text: Sussex

text: within

text: the

text: historic

text: county

text: of

text: Sussex

text: on

text: the

text: south

text: coast

text: of

text: England

text: The

text: town

text: is

text: located

text: east

text: of

text: the

text: county

text: town

text: of

text: Lewes

text: and

text: south

text: east

text: of

text: London

text: and

text: has

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: which

text: makes

text: it

text: the

text: largest

text: settlement

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: King Cnut the Great (Old Norse: "Knútr inn ríki"; c. 995  12 November 1035), also known as Canute, was King of Denmark, England, and Norway, together often referred to as the Anglo-Scandinavian or North Sea Empire. After his death, the deaths of his heirs within a decade, and the Norman conquest of England in 1066, his legacy was mostly forgotten. The medieval historian Norman Cantor stated that he was "the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history", although Cnut himself was Danish and not a Briton or Anglo-Saxon.

text: King

text: Cnut

text: the

text: Great

text: Old

text: Norse

text: Knútr

text: inn

text: ríki

text: November

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: Canute

text: was

text: King

text: of

text: Denmark

text: England

text: and

text: Norway

text: together

text: often

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: the

text: Anglo

text: Scandinavian

text: or

text: North

text: Sea

text: Empire

text: After

text: his

text: death

text: the

text: deaths

text: of

text: his

text: heirs

text: within

text: decade

text: and

text: the

text: Norman

text: conquest

text: of

text: England

text: in

text: his

text: legacy

text: was

text: mostly

text: forgotten

text: The

text: medieval

text: historian

text: Norman

text: Cantor

text: stated

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: the

text: most

text: effective

text: king

text: in

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: history

text: although

text: Cnut

text: himself

text: was

text: Danish

text: and

text: not

text: Briton

text: or

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: Earl of Wessex is a title that has been created three times in British history, twice in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The region of Wessex (the West Saxons), in the south and southwest of England, had been one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy), whose expansion in the tenth century created a united Kingdom of England.

text: Earl

text: of

text: Wessex

text: is

text: title

text: that

text: has

text: been

text: created

text: three

text: times

text: in

text: British

text: history

text: twice

text: in

text: the

text: pre

text: Conquest

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: nobility

text: of

text: England

text: and

text: once

text: in

text: the

text: Peerage

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: The

text: region

text: of

text: Wessex

text: the

text: West

text: Saxons

text: in

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: southwest

text: of

text: England

text: had

text: been

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: kingdoms

text: the

text: Heptarchy

text: whose

text: expansion

text: in

text: the

text: tenth

text: century

text: created

text: united

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: England

text: The Heptarchy (from the Greek  "hepta", "seven" and  "arkho", "to rule") is a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, conventionally identified as seven: East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex. The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms eventually unified into the Kingdom of England.

text: The

text: Heptarchy

text: from

text: the

text: Greek

text: hepta

text: seven

text: and

text: arkho

text: to

text: rule

text: is

text: collective

text: name

text: applied

text: to

text: the

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: kingdoms

text: of

text: England

text: during

text: late

text: antiquity

text: and

text: the

text: early

text: Middle

text: Ages

text: conventionally

text: identified

text: as

text: seven

text: East

text: Anglia

text: Essex

text: Kent

text: Mercia

text: Northumbria

text: Sussex

text: and

text: Wessex

text: The

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: kingdoms

text: eventually

text: unified

text: into

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: England

text: Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Europe. The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries, it is south-west of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark is the sovereign state that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has a total area of , and a population of 5.7 million. The country consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand and Funen. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate.

text: Denmark

text: is

text: Scandinavian

text: country

text: in

text: Europe

text: The

text: southernmost

text: and

text: smallest

text: of

text: the

text: Nordic

text: countries

text: it

text: is

text: south

text: west

text: of

text: Sweden

text: and

text: south

text: of

text: Norway

text: and

text: bordered

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: by

text: Germany

text: The

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Denmark

text: is

text: the

text: sovereign

text: state

text: that

text: comprises

text: Denmark

text: proper

text: and

text: two

text: autonomous

text: constituent

text: countries

text: in

text: the

text: North

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: the

text: Faroe

text: Islands

text: and

text: Greenland

text: Denmark

text: has

text: total

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: The

text: country

text: consists

text: of

text: peninsula

text: Jutland

text: and

text: an

text: archipelago

text: of

text: named

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text: with

text: the

text: largest

text: being

text: Zealand

text: and

text: Funen

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text: islands

text: are

text: characterised

text: by

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text: arable

text: land

text: and

text: sandy

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text: temperate

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text: The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic ("Cerdicingas" in Old English), refers to the family that initially ruled a kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex, from the 6th century under Cerdic of Wessex until the unification of the Kingdoms of England.

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text: House

text: of

text: Wessex

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: House

text: of

text: Cerdic

text: Cerdicingas

text: in

text: Old

text: English

text: refers

text: to

text: the

text: family

text: that

text: initially

text: ruled

text: kingdom

text: in

text: southwest

text: England

text: known

text: as

text: Wessex

text: from

text: the

text: century

text: under

text: Cerdic

text: of

text: Wessex

text: until

text: the

text: unification

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdoms

text: of

text: England

text: The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled as William the Conqueror.

text: The

text: Norman

text: conquest

text: of

text: England

text: was

text: the

text: century

text: invasion

text: and

text: occupation

text: of

text: England

text: by

text: an

text: army

text: of

text: Norman

text: Breton

text: and

text: French

text: soldiers

text: led

text: by

text: Duke

text: William

text: II

text: of

text: Normandy

text: later

text: styled

text: as

text: William

text: the

text: Conqueror

text: Edith of Wessex (1025  18 December 1075) was a Queen of England. Her husband was Edward the Confessor, whom she married on 23 January 1045. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. The principal source on her life is a work she herself commissioned, the "Vita Ædwardi Regis" or the "Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster", which is inevitably biased.

text: Edith

text: of

text: Wessex

text: December

text: was

text: Queen

text: of

text: England

text: Her

text: husband

text: was

text: Edward

text: the

text: Confessor

text: whom

text: she

text: married

text: on

text: January

text: Unlike

text: most

text: English

text: queens

text: in

text: the

text: and

text: centuries

text: she

text: was

text: crowned

text: The

text: principal

text: source

text: on

text: her

text: life

text: is

text: work

text: she

text: herself

text: commissioned

text: the

text: Vita

text: Ædwardi

text: Regis

text: or

text: the

text: Life

text: of

text: King

text: Edward

text: who

text: rests

text: at

text: Westminster

text: which

text: is

text: inevitably

text: biased

text: William I (Old Norman: "Williame I" c. 1028  9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as Duke William II) from 1035 onward. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the Norman conquest of England six years later. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands and by difficulties with his eldest son.

text: William

text: Old

text: Norman

text: Williame

text: September

text: usually

text: known

text: as

text: William

text: the

text: Conqueror

text: and

text: sometimes

text: William

text: the

text: Bastard

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: Norman

text: King

text: of

text: England

text: reigning

text: from

text: until

text: his

text: death

text: in

text: descendant

text: of

text: Rollo

text: he

text: was

text: Duke

text: of

text: Normandy

text: as

text: Duke

text: William

text: II

text: from

text: onward

text: After

text: long

text: struggle

text: to

text: establish

text: his

text: power

text: by

text: his

text: hold

text: on

text: Normandy

text: was

text: secure

text: and

text: he

text: launched

text: the

text: Norman

text: conquest

text: of

text: England

text: six

text: years

text: later

text: The

text: rest

text: of

text: his

text: life

text: was

text: marked

text: by

text: struggles

text: to

text: consolidate

text: his

text: hold

text: over

text: England

text: and

text: his

text: continental

text: lands

text: and

text: by

text: difficulties

text: with

text: his

text: eldest

text: son

text: Godwin of Wessex ( Old English : Godin ) ( 1001 -- 15 April 1053 ) was one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors . Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex . Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex , wife of King Edward the Confessor .

text: Godwin

text: of

text: Wessex

text: Old

text: English

text: Godin

text: April

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: powerful

text: earls

text: in

text: England

text: under

text: the

text: Danish

text: king

text: Cnut

text: the

text: Great

text: and

text: his

text: successors

text: Cnut

text: made

text: him

text: the

text: first

text: Earl

text: of

text: Wessex

text: Godwin

text: was

text: the

text: father

text: of

text: King

text: Harold

text: Godwinson

text: and

text: Edith

text: of

text: Wessex

text: wife

text: of

text: King

text: Edward

text: the

text: Confessor

text: The Vita Ædwardi Regis qui apud Westmonasterium Requiescit or simply Vita Ædwardi Regis is a historical manuscript completed by an anonymous author 1067 and commissioned by Queen Edith, wife of King Edward the Confessor. It survives in one manuscript, dated 1100, now in the British Library. The author is unknown, but was a servant of the queen and probably a Fleming. The most likely candidates are Goscelin and Folcard, monks of St Bertin Abbey in St Omer.

text: The

text: Vita

text: Ædwardi

text: Regis

text: qui

text: apud

text: Westmonasterium

text: Requiescit

text: or

text: simply

text: Vita

text: Ædwardi

text: Regis

text: is

text: historical

text: manuscript

text: completed

text: by

text: an

text: anonymous

text: author

text: and

text: commissioned

text: by

text: Queen

text: Edith

text: wife

text: of

text: King

text: Edward

text: the

text: Confessor

text: It

text: survives

text: in

text: one

text: manuscript

text: dated

text: now

text: in

text: the

text: British

text: Library

text: The

text: author

text: is

text: unknown

text: but

text: was

text: servant

text: of

text: the

text: queen

text: and

text: probably

text: Fleming

text: The

text: most

text: likely

text: candidates

text: are

text: Goscelin

text: and

text: Folcard

text: monks

text: of

text: St

text: Bertin

text: Abbey

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text: Western Europe, also West Europe, is the region comprising the western part of the European continent. There may be differences between the geopolitical and purely geographic definitions of the term.

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text: European

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text: An amusement park (sometimes referred to as a funfair) or theme park is a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. Amusement parks have a fixed location, as opposed to travelling funfairs and traveling carnivals, and are more elaborate than simple city parks or playgrounds, usually providing attractions meant to cater specifically to certain age groups, as well as some that are aimed towards all ages. Theme parks, a specific type of amusement park, are usually much more intricately themed to a certain subject or group of subjects than normal amusement parks.

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text: theme

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text: other

text: events

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text: location

text: for

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text: enjoyment

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text: large

text: numbers

text: of

text: people

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text: fixed

text: location

text: as

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text: to

text: travelling

text: funfairs

text: and

text: traveling

text: carnivals

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text: are

text: more

text: elaborate

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text: city

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text: playgrounds

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text: attractions

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text: cater

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text: certain

text: age

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text: towards

text: all

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text: themed

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text: group

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text: Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, located in South Holland, within the RhineMeuseScheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety. In 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre. Nowadays it is home to Europe's largest port and has a population of 633,471 (city proper), ranking second in the Netherlands. The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1.4 million people and the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world. Rotterdam is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7,100,000.

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text: North

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text: the

text: Count

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text: Holland

text: and

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text: major

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text: economic

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text: home

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text: 's

text: largest

text: port

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text: population

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text: Netherlands

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text: Rijnmond

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text: people

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text: Hague

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text: most

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text: A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. The term is mainly used for stories with origins in European tradition and, at least in recent centuries, mostly relates to children's literature.

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text: term

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text: A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks.

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text: essence

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text: scheduled

text: times

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text: The Kingdom of the Netherlands , commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western Europe and in the Caribbean.

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text: Kingdom

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: is

text: sovereign

text: state

text: and

text: constitutional

text: monarchy

text: with

text: territory

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text: western

text: Europe

text: and

text: in

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: The Hague (or "<nowiki>'</nowiki>s-Gravenhage" ) is a city located in the western coast of the Netherlands, and the capital city of the province of South Holland.

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text: western

text: coast

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

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text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: province

text: of

text: South

text: Holland

text: The Caribbean (or ) is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.

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text: Caribbean

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text: Caribbean

text: Sea

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text: North

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text: Ocean

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text: the

text: surrounding

text: coasts

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text: southeast

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text: Gulf

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text: Mexico

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text: the

text: North

text: American

text: mainland

text: east

text: of

text: Central

text: America

text: and

text: north

text: of

text: South

text: America

text: Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups: the Dutch-speaking, mostly Flemish community, which constitutes about 59% of the population, and the French-speaking, mostly Walloon population, which comprises 41% of all Belgians. Additionally, there is a small group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area, and bordering Germany.

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text: Kingdom

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text: Belgium

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text: sovereign

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text: Europe

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text: Netherlands

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text: North

text: Sea

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text: populated

text: country

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text: cultural

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text: and

text: Latin

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text: Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus (Peter) Reijnders (July 24, 1900  1974) was a Dutch photographer, film director and inventor. He is best known for his crucial role in founding the theme park Efteling.

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text: was

text: Dutch

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text: director

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text: inventor

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text: crucial

text: role

text: in

text: founding

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text: theme

text: park

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text: Utrecht is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of in .

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text: the

text: capital

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text: Dutch

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text: eastern

text: corner

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text: the

text: Randstad

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text: the

text: fourth

text: largest

text: city

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text: Netherlands

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text: A traveling carnival (US English), usually simply called a carnival, is an amusement show that may be made up of amusement rides, food vendors, merchandise vendors, games of chance and skill, thrill acts, and animal acts. A traveling carnival is not set up at a permanent location, like an amusement park, but is moved from place to place. Its roots are similar to the 19th century circus with both being set up in open fields near or in town and moving to a new location after a period of time. Unlike traditional carnival celebrations, the North American traveling carnival is not tied to a religious observance.

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text: century

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text: North

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text: not

text: tied

text: to

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text: A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and demonstrating human values, and which possesses certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", but may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time, in order to keep them fresh and vital, and realistic. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted.

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text: tale

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text: realm

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text: realm

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text: participants

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text:
The Fairy Tale Forest ("Sprookjesbos" in Dutch) is a wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by animated statues and buildings. Most of the figures are inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault.
History.
Concept and building.
The Fairy Tale Forest was founded on the work of R.J.Th. van der Heijden, Peter Reijnders and Anton Pieck. Van der Heijden conceived of the idea in the 1950s to boost tourism. He asked his brother-in-law Peter Reijnders, a filmmaker and amateur inventor from Eindhoven, to recreate a fairy tale theme park Reijnders built. Reijnders chose artist Anton Pieck, whose visual style had been inspired by Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, to add the artistic elements.

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text: Netherlands

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text: work

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text: Heijden

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text: Tourism is travel for pleasure; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".

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text: common

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text: Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction.

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text: expectation

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text: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union.

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text: island

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text: Eindhoven is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams. The Gender was dammed short of the city centre in the 1950s and the Dommel still runs through the city. The city has a population of 223,220 in January 2015, making it the fifth-largest municipality of the Netherlands and the largest in the province of North Brabant.

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text: Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things, because individuals have different preferences in entertainment, most forms are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures, were supported in royal courts, developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded products; to a banquet adapted for two; to any size or type of party, with appropriate music and dance; to performances intended for thousands; and even for a global audience.

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text: Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; (2 April 1805  4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called in Danish, express themes that transcend age and nationality.

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text: plays

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text: best

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text: popularity

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text: not

text: limited

text: to

text: children

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text: called

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text: themes

text: that

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text: Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 847,176 within the city proper, 1,343,647 in the urban area, and 2,431,000 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7 million.

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text: capital

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text: most

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text: Kingdom

text: of

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text: Netherlands

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text: status

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text: capital

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text: the

text: Constitution

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: although

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text: is

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text: seat

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: which

text: is

text: The

text: Hague

text: Amsterdam

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text: population

text: of

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text: city

text: proper

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text: urban

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text: in

text: the

text: Amsterdam

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text: city

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text: province

text: of

text: North

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text: west

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text: country

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text: larger

text: conurbations

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text: The Haunted Castle ( Dutch : Spookslot ) is a haunted attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands . It was designed by Ton van de Ven and was the first attraction built outside the Fairy Tale Forest .

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text: Castle

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text: haunted

text: attraction

text: in

text: the

text: amusement

text: park

text: Efteling

text: in

text: the

text: Netherlands

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text: was

text: designed

text: by

text: Ton

text: van

text: de

text: Ven

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text: was

text: the

text: first

text: attraction

text: built

text: outside

text: the

text: Fairy

text: Tale

text: Forest

text: Ton van de Ven (January 1, 1944  September 16, 2015) was a Dutch industrial designer. He is best known as the creative director at the Efteling theme park.

text: Ton

text: van

text: de

text: Ven

text: January

text: September

text: was

text: Dutch

text: industrial

text: designer

text: He

text: is

text: best

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: creative

text: director

text: at

text: the

text: Efteling

text: theme

text: park

text: A travelling funfair, often simply called a fair, is a small to medium-sized travelling show primarily composed of stalls and other amusements.

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text: sized

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text: show

text: primarily

text: composed

text: of

text: stalls

text: and

text: other

text: amusements

text: The Brothers Grimm (' or '), Jacob (17851863) and Wilhelm Grimm (17861859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th century. They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella" (""), "The Frog Prince" (""), "The Goose-Girl" ("Die Gänsemagd"), "Hansel and Gretel" (""), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" (""),"Sleeping Beauty" (""), and "Snow White" (""). Their first collection of folk tales, "Children's and Household Tales" ("), was published in 1812.

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text: and

text: publishing

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text: century

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text: best

text: known

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text: Frog

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text: Goose

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text: Gretel

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text: Beauty

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text: Snow

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text: Children

text: 's

text: and

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text: in

text: The

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text: Sea

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text: marginal

text: sea

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text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: located

text: between

text: Great

text: Britain

text: Scandinavia

text: Germany

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: Belgium

text: and

text: France

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text: sea

text: on

text: the

text: European

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text: shelf

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text: ocean

text: through

text: the

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text: the

text: south

text: and

text: the

text: Norwegian

text: Sea

text: in

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text: north

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text: than

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text: an

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text: of

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text: In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative, elected body of government. Generally a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government ("i.e.", hearings, inquiries).

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text: electorate

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text: Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. The name "Holland" is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. This usage is commonly accepted in other countries, and not entirely uncommon among the Dutch themselves, though some in the Netherlands and particularly in other regions of the country may find it undesirable, misleading or insulting.

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text: and

text: former

text: province

text: on

text: the

text: western

text: coast

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: The

text: name

text: Holland

text: is

text: also

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text: to

text: informally

text: refer

text: to

text: the

text: whole

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

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text: usage

text: is

text: commonly

text: accepted

text: in

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text: countries

text: and

text: not

text: entirely

text: uncommon

text: among

text: the

text: Dutch

text: themselves

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text: in

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: and

text: particularly

text: in

text: other

text: regions

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: may

text: find

text: it

text: undesirable

text: misleading

text: or

text: insulting

text: Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. These include oral traditions such as tales, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging from traditional building styles to handmade toys common to the group. Folklore also includes customary lore, the forms and rituals of celebrations like Christmas and weddings, folk dances and initiation rites. Each one of these, either singly or in combination, is considered a folklore artifact. Just as essential as the form, folklore also encompasses the transmission of these artifacts from one region to another or from one generation to the next. For folklore is not taught in a formal school curriculum or studied in the fine arts. Instead these traditions are passed along informally from one individual to another either through verbal instruction or demonstration. The academic study of folklore is called folkloristics.

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text: culture

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text: of

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text: traditions

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text: building

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text: handmade

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text: group

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text: forms

text: and

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text: and

text: weddings

text: folk

text: dances

text: and

text: initiation

text: rites

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text: of

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text: considered

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text: essential

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text: the

text: form

text: folklore

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text: transmission

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text: artifacts

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text: to

text: another

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text: from

text: one

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text: to

text: the

text: next

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text: is

text: not

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text: fine

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text: traditions

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text: to

text: another

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text: or

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text: study

text: of

text: folklore

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text: called

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text: Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin. Other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf.

text: Germany

text: officially

text: the

text: Federal

text: Republic

text: of

text: Germany

text: is

text: federal

text: parliamentary

text: republic

text: in

text: central

text: western

text: Europe

text: It

text: includes

text: constituent

text: states

text: covers

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: has

text: largely

text: temperate

text: seasonal

text: climate

text: With

text: about

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: Germany

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: member

text: state

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: After

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: popular

text: immigration

text: destination

text: in

text: the

text: world

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text: 's

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: metropolis

text: is

text: Berlin

text: Other

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text: include

text: Hamburg

text: Munich

text: Cologne

text: Frankfurt

text: Stuttgart

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text: Düsseldorf

text: The Netherlands  is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders with Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Amsterdam is the country's capital, while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament. The name "Holland" is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the Netherlands.

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text: the

text: main

text: constituent

text: country

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: It

text: is

text: densely

text: populated

text: country

text: located

text: in

text: Western

text: Europe

text: with

text: three

text: island

text: territories

text: in

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: The

text: European

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: borders

text: Germany

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: Belgium

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: the

text: North

text: Sea

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: sharing

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Belgium

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: and

text: Germany

text: The

text: largest

text: cities

text: in

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: are

text: Amsterdam

text: Rotterdam

text: The

text: Hague

text: and

text: Utrecht

text: Amsterdam

text: is

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: capital

text: while

text: The

text: Hague

text: holds

text: the

text: Dutch

text: seat

text: of

text: government

text: and

text: parliament

text: The

text: name

text: Holland

text: is

text: used

text: to

text: refer

text: informally

text: to

text: the

text: whole

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: of

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: Efteling is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands. The attractions are based on elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.

text: Efteling

text: is

text: fantasy

text: themed

text: amusement

text: park

text: in

text: Kaatsheuvel

text: in

text: the

text: Netherlands

text: The

text: attractions

text: are

text: based

text: on

text: elements

text: from

text: ancient

text: myths

text: and

text: legends

text: fairy

text: tales

text: fables

text: and

text: folklore

text: Kaatsheuvel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, situated along highways N261 and N628. With a population of roughly 16,600, it is the largest village in and the capital of the municipality of Loon op Zand, which also consists of the villages of De Moer and Loon op Zand. As Kaatsheuvel is a municipality capital, it had a town hall located in the town centre. The town hall was torn down in 2010 as part of an ambitious plan to build a lively new town centre. Currently the new town centre is being built, working title "Bruisend Dorpshart" (Sparkling Village's Heart). Kaatsheuvel is (internationally) well known for the Efteling theme park and a gateway to National Park Loonse en Drunense Duinen.

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text: village

text: in

text: the

text: Dutch

text: province

text: of

text: North

text: Brabant

text: situated

text: along

text: highways

text: and

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: roughly

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: village

text: in

text: and

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: municipality

text: of

text: Loon

text: op

text: Zand

text: which

text: also

text: consists

text: of

text: the

text: villages

text: of

text: De

text: Moer

text: and

text: Loon

text: op

text: Zand

text: As

text: Kaatsheuvel

text: is

text: municipality

text: capital

text: it

text: had

text: town

text: hall

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text: in

text: the

text: town

text: centre

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text: town

text: hall

text: was

text: torn

text: down

text: in

text: as

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text: an

text: ambitious

text: plan

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text: town

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text: new

text: town

text: centre

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text: being

text: built

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text: Charles Perrault (12 January 1628  16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "Le Chat Botté" ("Puss in Boots"), "La Belle au bois Dormant " ("The Sleeping Beauty"), and "Barbe Bleue" ("Bluebeard"). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later. The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (such as Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty"), theatre, and film. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.

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text: Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; October 22, 1882  May 25, 1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books and when after the war the deluxe children's book market shrank he turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

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