William Tell

William Tell (German Wilhelm Tell) was a legendary hero of disputedsporny historical accuracyhistoryczna dokładność,precyzyjność said to have lived in Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early 14th century.

He was known as an expert marksmanstrzelec wyborowy with his crossbowkusza. At the time, the Habsburg emperorsemperor: cesarz,imperator were seekingto seek: starać się,usiłować to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointednowomianowany,wyznaczony Austrian governor of Altdorf raised a pole in the village's central square with his hat on top and forced all the local townsfolkmieszkańcy miasta,mieszczanie to bowkłaniać się komuś before it. As Tell passed byto pass by: przechodzić without bowing, he was arrested. He received the punishment of either successfully shooting an apple off the head of his son, or dying.

Tell had been promised freedom if he shot the apple. On November 18, 1307, Tell did split the fruit with a single bolt from his crossbowkusza, thankfully, without mishapwypadek,niepomyślny zbieg okoliczności (this is, however, a story which appears in several Germanic countries, such as Denmark, England and Holstein, see Palnatoke).

However, Tell soon said that if he had ended upto end up: skończyć,wylądować killing his son in that trialpróba,przeprawa, he would have turned the crossbowkusza on Gessler. Gessler became enragedrozwścieczony at that comment, and he arrested Tell. Tell was furious and vowedtp vpw: przysięgać,ślubować to get revengezemscić się,wziąć odwet. Indeed he did, escaping from Gessler and shooting him with a crossbowkusza bolt. When he returned to his town, he was hailedto hail: obwoływać as a hero.

This defiancenieposzłuszeństwo,opór of the Austrian governor sparkedto spark: zapoczątkowywać,rozpoczynać,wszczynać a rebellionbunt,rebelia,przewrót, leading to Switzerland's independence.

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