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Category: Hayward Beywood

The legend of William Tell
02/17/2008
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| Contributing Writers, English, Hayward Beywood

William Tell is one of the universal symbols of the victory of the oppressed over the oppressor. Is it possible that William Tell, the very symbol of Swiss independence, never existed ? It is 1291 and the story begins at a time when Austria—a foreign power—ruled the cantons of Uri, Schwytz and Unterwald, now forming part of central Switzerland. The local population was obliged to show allegiance to the Austrian Emperor’s representative, Gessler, by saluting his hat attached to a…

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Myths — the Swiss Lake Dwellers
02/17/2008
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| Contributing Writers, English, Hayward Beywood

When I was at school we were taught that early civilizations in Switzerland had built villages on raised wooden platforms standing in shallow water on the lake shores. When I came to live in Switzerland I learned that this was untrue. What a pity ! Where did this rather attractive and romantic idea come from and why did it turn out to be false ? The winter of 1853/1854 was exceptionally dry and the level of some Swiss lakes fell well…

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