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  • King David II of Scotland succeeded his father, Robert I better known ... David II (March 5, 1324 – February 22, 1371) King of Scots, son ...
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  • Coke, Edward [[image:Edward Coke.jpg|thumb|150pxl|Sir Edward Coke]] Sir Edward Coke ...
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  • November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...
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  • the often stormy sixteenth century in England. He occupies a primary place ... he was born around 1505, toward the close of the reign of Henry VII of England ...
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  • St Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004– January 5, 1066 ... His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England ...
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  • The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) was a series of ... The kings and queens of this era ruled England from 1485 - 1603. During ...
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  • Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais after ...
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  • to acquire additional territory. Edward I of England who arranged Margaret ... Eric sent official ambassadors to Edward I of England, then in Gascony, ...
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  • Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (April 25, 1287 – November ... When they landed in England in 1826, their small force was soon joined ...
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  • Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the ... Thomas Plantagenet upheld the principles of Parliamentary oversight ...
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  • The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...
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  • a soldier in service to King Edward I of England. Arnaud had been used ... Following pressure to banish Gavesto, Edward instead appointed him ...
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  • Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... when her husband Henry was away from England. She also commissioned the ...
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  • Margaret Beaufort (May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509) was the mother ... Beaufort was a descendant of Edward III through John of Gaunt, Duke ...
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  • Harold Harefoot (c. 1015–March 17, 1040) was King of England from ... He was the son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway ...
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  • font-size:larger;" | His Majesty King Edward VI |- align:center;" | [[Image:Portrait of Edward VI of England.jpg|200px]] ...
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  • He is best known for his mediation in England between King Henry III and ... as a deacon, he was created Cardinal Deacon of San Adriano thus joining the ...
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  • The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth ... at the time the colonists departed England, the Pilgrims arrived off ...
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  • Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from ... One consequence of the fluidity of the political situation, with Henry ...
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  • Saint Margaret (c. 1046 – November 16, 1093), was the sister of ... piety, was essential to the revivification of Roman Catholicism in Scotland ...
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  • Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), later referred to ... With Mortimer, Isabella plotted an invasion of England to depose Edward ...
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  • Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki ... across North Europe, thus creating a sense of shared belonging. ...
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  • William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...
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  • Katherine or Katharine Parr(e), was the last of the six wives of Henry VIII ... One of Henry's more educated wives, Catherine displayed a keen ...
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  • sparkling wit and dialogue. He was also one of the early pioneers of what ... Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval ...
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  • Edward Irving was a noted Scottish clergyman generally regarded as ... Irving is sometimes referred to as a forerunner of the Charismatic ...
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  • [[File:Drawing of William de Marisco.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As illustrated ... To be drawn and quartered was the penalty ordained in England for ...
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  • Anglo-Saxon England refers to the period of English history from the ... English monarchs bear the title "Duke of Normandy." England also ...
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  • Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, ... The fourth son of Edward I of England by his first wife Eleanor of ...
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  • explorer to Africa. Seeking the headwaters of the Nile River, he explored ... Baker was born in London, and educated partly in England and partly ...
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  • (1320 – June 15, 1381) was the leader of the English Peasants' ... in Broxley, six years after the Battle of Bannockburn and the thirteenth ...
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  • William Byrd (c. 1540 – July 4, 1623) was one of the most celebrated ... quot; This places him in the best choir in England during his impressionable ...
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  • Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... William III, who became the sole ruler of both countries upon her death ...
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  • Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515 – July 16, 1557) (German: Anna ... Knowing the fate of other wives of Henry who resisted his marital ...
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  • was an English politician, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most ... He served as Secretary to the Protector of King Edward, and as an adviser ...
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  • a considerable influence on the development of Elizabethan and Jacobean poetry ... in his own right, Daniel stands out as one of the most versatile of all English ...
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  • leading up to the 1066 Norman invasion of England as well as the events ... The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning ...
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  • Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was King of England ... | align="center"| Maternal Great-grandfather:Edward I of England ...
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  • The Tower of London (known historically simply as The Tower), is an ... The Tower of London is sometimes identified with the White Tower, ...
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  • Edward Albert Shils (July 1, 1910 – January 23, 1995) was a Distinguished ... truth but rather as a necessary component of culture and human life, which ...
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  • as a British general in the American War of Independence. As a member of ... administrative systems. As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he argued for Catholic ...
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  • Edward Franklin Albee III ( ˈɔːlbiː best known for works, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story ...
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  • The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by ... after the English Civil War and at the end of Interregnum in 1660."Dissolving ...
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  • [[File:Alfred Edward Housman.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Alfred Edward ... Alfred Edward Housman (March 26, 1859 – April 30, 1936), usually ...
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  • who wrote An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution ... British society in his day, the "Rule of Law" cannot be absolute ...
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  • to the English military occupation of Scotland during significant ... To the Scottish people, Wallace was the exemplification of undying ...
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  • The Norman conquest of England was the invasion of the Kingdom of ... ruler Charles the Simple had allowed a group of Vikings, under their leader ...
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  • Danelagen), is a name given to a part of Great Britain, now northern ... held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons. Its origins lie ...
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  • Ailred or Ælred or Ailred of Rievaulx, Abbot of Rievaulx (b. Hexham ... sent him to spend several years at the court of King David I of Scotland in ...
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  • Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit (OM), Order ... are considered among the finest examples of vocal writing in the twentieth ...
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  • artist and critic, and an influential member of the Bloomsbury Group, an English ... Despite establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters ...
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  • The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought ... The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies ...
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  • March 14, 1471) was the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur, the ... assumes that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire ...
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  • Bookselling is the commercial trading of books, the retail and distribution ... Book Review and Booklist affect the sales of the book and critics play an ...
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  • writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the ... Throughout his adult life, Hancock gave of himself tirelessly to the cause ...
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  • was an English soldier and seaman, and one of the most colorful and important ... Unlike the founding of the Plymouth colony by religious dissenters ...
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  • Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800), South Carolina ... Rutledge, he was later appointed a member of the first Board of War in 1776 ...
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  • [[Image:Thomas-Cranmer-ez.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Painting of Thomas ... Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was the Archbishop ...
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  • James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October ... He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of ...
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  • Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...
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  • The Battle of Agincourt (IPA pronunciation: [/ɑːʒɪn'kuːʁ/] #039;s Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War ...
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  • The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...
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  • Simon V de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 – August 4, 1265 ... with Henry's son, the future Edward I of England rebelled. De Montfort ...
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  • Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is ... and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, it is one of the principal official residences ...
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  • Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...
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  • Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February ... The son of a musician (his father was a church organist) Elgar was ...
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  • 29, 1973) was an English poet and one of the most influential poets ... Auden was a poet of prodigious talent and output, living at a time ...
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  • Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran (October 3, 1938 - April ... Cochran as a star, particularly in England. Cochran was 21 when he ...
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  • arguably the most recognized American poet of the twentieth century. Frost ... and his verse drama, "A Masque of Mercy" (1947), based on ...
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  • The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...
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  • Anglicanism (from Anglia, the Latin name for England) describes the ... Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ...
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  • Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (August 3, 1867 ... Lower Park, Bewdley in Worcestershire, England, Baldwin was educated at ...
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  • Thomas Helwys, (c. 1575 – c. 1616), was one of the joint founders ... did not prevent his imprisonment. King James I of England did not approve ...
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  • Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most ... Edward was crowned at the age of 14, following the deposition of his ...
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  • Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was ... quot;Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the twelfth century ...
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  • at the Stamford School in Lincolnshire, England. He left school at the age ... they would publish answers on every question of general interest sent in by ...
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  • Described as a 'scrap of paper' that changed history, the ... The Balfour Declaration led to the 1922 League of Nations mandate ...
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  • September 8, 1157 – 1217, Hertfordshire, England), was an English theologian ... Neckam wrote religious works on a variety of subjects, most of which ...
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  • between the Reformation and the closure of the theaters in 1642, after ... such as the mystery plays that formed a part of religious festivals in England ...
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  • Edward Herbert Thompson (September 28, 1857 - May 18, 1935) ... and diplomat who is best known for his study of ancient Mayan culture. In 1885 ...
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  • whose works, highly influential at the dawn of the Enlightenment, caused great ... Tindal was born in 1653 to the Rev. John Tindal, Rector of Beer Ferrers ...
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  • 1839 – October 24, 1922), the third son of the Quaker tea and coffee dealer ... program for their benefit. Through ownership of several newspapers, he promoted ...
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  • In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ... crime and drew the harshest penalties. In England, punishment for treason ...
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  • George Edward Moore (November 4, 1873 – October 24, 1958), usually ... Moore is best known today for his defense of ethical non-naturalism ...
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  • Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...
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  • Hampshire), called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke ... (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great of Denmark (1017-1035). ...
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  • [[Image:london.bankofengland.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Bank of ... The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, and ...
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  • Greek were emphasized. Four distinct uses of the word can be noted, the ... education for the most able irrespective of their social or economic background ...
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  • Review, were instrumental in the development of early twentieth century English ... Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford ...
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  • Queen Elizabeth and almost forgotten by most of his peers; his reputation has ... and foremost, his Euphues--which was one of the most popular literary works ...
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  • and handbooks; his Psychology: A Study of Mental Life (1921) and Experimental ... in philosophy in 1897. Following the advice of his mentor William James, Woodworth ...
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  • The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman ... The battle took place on October 14, 1066, between the Norman army ...
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  • Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908 ... to achieve major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony ...
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  • Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...
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  • Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...
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  • Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (May 31, 1863 ... brother, Robert Shaw, was a noted explorer of Central Asia. ...
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  • Kennedys became America's equivalent of the "royal family." Robert F. Kennedy were her sons. Both of these public servants were ...
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  • or Hashashiyyin) were a religious sect of Ismaili Shi'a Muslims ... (1192), and Prince Edward, later Edward I of England, was wounded by a ...
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  • 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...
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