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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Metric System is in General Things.
Gigametre. One thousand million metres. Abbreviation Gm.
Kilometre. One thousand metres. Abbreviation Km.
Mercury ...
is, on average, 0.39 AUs from the Sun.
has a diameter of 2440 Kms; around one third of the Earth.
has an eccentic orbit with the closest distance to the Sun being 47 million kilometers, and the farthest distance being 70 million kilometers.
has a year of 88 days.
spins on its axis every 59 days.
is tilted at 2 degrees.
formed around 4.5 Billion years ago.
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Megametre. One million metres. Abbreviation Mm.
Metre. The standard unit of distance in the Metric System.
Gram. The standard unit of distance in the Metric System. Abbreviated as g.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Exagram. One million million million grams.
Gigagram. One thousand million grams.
Kilogram. One thousand grams.
Megagram. One million grams.
Petagram. One thousand million million grams.
Teragram. One million million grams.
Yottagram. One million million million million grams.
Zettagram. One thousand million million million grams. It is abbreviated as Zgs, or, possibly g21.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Light Year. The distance travelled by light in one year. 9.46×1012 km.
The Milky Way Galaxy is one of many galaxies that form the Universe, each of which, on average, contains one hundred million stars. NASA has estimated there are 200 billion galaxies with the total number of stars being between 1019 and 1024 stars.
The Milky Way contains between 100 and 400 billion stars, and around the same number of planets. The Solar System is located 27,000 light-years from the centre of the Milky Way ie 255,420,000,000,000,000 Km.