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Dutch, Part 3 of ?

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III

From smaller to larger water tables…

England grew up on the north eastern edge of the Atlantic Ocean with increasingly powerful monarchs, and a plaiting of the Celtic, Viking, and French cultures, which drove through the channels and previous invaders to get there. The Celts brought the paganism we know today, the Vikings brought language we might recognize, and the French brought feudalism that we’ve twisted into democracy. As generations of British mothers raised generations of English children, the national identity took shape, and there was time for scandal, and the challenging of gender barriers.

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