Emperor Peter I (1672-1725) expanded the borders of the Russian Empire in the course of the Northern War and managed to annex the whole Estonian territory by the year 1710. Therefore the protection of the new border areas became the priority of the ruler and he paid a lot of attention to the reconstruction of ports in Tallinn and Paldiski and visited Tallinn several times. Together with the site of the would-be palace, a summer estate and a 17th-century cottage that had belonged to town councillor von Drenteln were purchased for the emperor's use in 1713. The small cottage was enlarged with a wing and the outcome was a building with a hall, a kitchen and four rooms. The small summer residence was in use until the emperor's death. The succeeding rulers used the Palace of Kadriorg that had been completed only after Peter's death and the small building was neglected. The building was restored at the order of Emperor Alexander I after he visited Tallinn in 1804. The wing, however, was not
* England itself was not homogeneous and unified * The North was remote, unruly border country, poor and feudal * Wales, to the west, was at the beginning of this period still thoroughly Celtic * At the beginning of this period the literary model was Chaucer´s verse, there was none in prose Sir Thomas More * Born in London * known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935 * was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. * He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and was Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to 16 May 1532 * He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935 * He was an opponent of the Protestant Reformation and in particular of Martin Luther and William Tyndale. ´´Utopia´´ * "Utopia" a name he gave to the ideal and imaginary island nation, the political system of which he described in Utopia, published in 1516. * Written in Latvin * In it a traveller, Raphael Hythlodeaus describes the political arrangements of the
Kingdom but also in a greatly expanded British Empire and in the world, including the United States. Her reign had been the longest in British history, and she had given her name to an age --the age of Victorian Britain. Elizabeth II Elizabeth II, full name Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (1926- ), Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952- ), daughter of King George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, born in London. In 1944 she served as a councillor of state while her father was on the war front in Italy. She married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947, and a year later gave birth to a son, Charles. In 1950 she gave birth to a daughter, Anne. Elizabeth succeeded to the throne on the death of her father in February 1952. A second son, Andrew,
to reflect the authority or domination of a person as in rule of the dictator or king. • Thus, one should reign when talking about the duration or time period during which a king sat on the throne of a place. The royal prerogative A series of historic powers officially held by the Queen that have, in reality, been passed to politicians. • They enable decisions to be taken without the backing of, or consultation with, Parliament. Privy Counsellor/Councillor Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians, who are present or former members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The Privy Council formally advises the sovereign on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative, and corporately (as Queen-in-Council) it issues executive instruments known as Orders in Council,
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