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- as the most significant English composer of his time. Blow's dramatic ... in Nottinghamshire. He became a chorister of the Chapel Royal, and distinguished ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- a clergyman. He is famous for his criticism of David Ricardo and his insistence ... He also worked as a commissioner on the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- Emma, as their Queen.David Hume, History of England, Volume I., 2006, 150 ... * Hume, David. The History of England Volume I. Charleston, SC: BiblioBazaar ...17 KB (2,606 words) - 17:22, 27 October 2020
- [[Image:london.bankofengland.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Bank of ... The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, and ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- " sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Savior"), a term used ... ==Origin and History of Advent== Advent (and adventism) has its roots ...6 KB (939 words) - 14:01, 7 May 2024
- The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth ... at the time the colonists departed England, the Pilgrims arrived off ...12 KB (1,842 words) - 02:22, 9 November 2022
- The Divine Right of Kings is a political and religious doctrine of ... The origins of the theory are rooted in the medieval idea that God ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 15:08, 26 August 2020
- Anglo-Saxon England refers to the period of English history from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- was a former slave who became an inspiration to thousands of women ... This can reinforce social division instead of challenging this as contrary ...7 KB (1,128 words) - 02:38, 24 July 2023
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- 28, 1612) was co-founder, with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination ... #039;s College, Cambridge and was a Fellow of the College between 1594 and ...8 KB (1,224 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- in winning the Jews the right to live in England, he was also the founder ... Born to a family of Portuguese Marranos who settled in Amsterdam, ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- – May 15, 1609) was an Italian composer of vocal music who lived during ... were and that remain popular for their ease of singing and performing. Croce ...6 KB (867 words) - 14:07, 22 May 2024
- 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 ...8 KB (1,223 words) - 14:48, 21 May 2024
- who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers. He considered himself ... Henry Morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of Llanrhymny ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history ... James I was caught up in this situation of flux. He was, however, a committed ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 08:05, 18 March 2024
- 8, 1978) was a Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group, an English ... Grant was a cousin of John Grant, Lord Huntingtower, and a grandson ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- She was both the daughter and the wife of Massachusetts Bay Colony Governors ... Bradstreet was born Anne Dudley in Northhampton England. She was the ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 01:58, 26 June 2021
- Thomas Helwys, (c. 1575 – c. 1616), was one of the joint founders ... not prevent his imprisonment. King James I of England did not approve of ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- September 8, 1157 – 1217, Hertfordshire, England), was an English theologian ... Neckam wrote religious works on a variety of subjects, most of which ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...16 KB (2,526 words) - 17:42, 23 May 2024
- III (c. 1004– January 5, 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the ... His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England ...18 KB (2,742 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
- 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 ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- John Rolfe (c. 1585 – 1622) was one of the early English settlers ... ancestral land, despite the official policy of the United States government ...13 KB (1,946 words) - 03:55, 3 May 2024
- 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 ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- 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 ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the ... * Cross, Arthur Lyon. 1920. A Shorter History of England and Greater ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- is the name sometimes given to a period of heightened religious activity ... large following." Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," is his ...15 KB (2,094 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- generally followed the comedic misadventures of well-meaning but unscrupulous ... as his major work, A Complete History of England, on which he worked ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2023
- Howard traveled widely. His experience of prison awakened in him a vocation ... 2, 1726 in Lower Clapton, London, England. His father was a wealthy ...10 KB (1,593 words) - 05:58, 3 August 2022
- popularly known as the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution ... manufacturing, others regard him as a hero of the Industrial Revolution in ...8 KB (1,244 words) - 03:02, 23 December 2022
- Lollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of ... Lollardy also emphasized the authority of the Scriptures over the authority ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- 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 ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- explorer, naval officer, and surveyor of Australia in the early period ... second expedition was to trace the course of the Macquarie River. The third ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 03:04, 2 May 2024
- Giovanni Battista Belzoni, from Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries ... amateur archaeologist, often regarded as one of the first Egyptologists. His ...10 KB (1,519 words) - 12:55, 22 May 2024
- Berengaria of Navarre ( Berenguela , Bérengère the Lionheart. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515 – July 16, 1557) (German: Anna ... Knowing the fate of other wives of Henry who resisted his marital ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- Cranmer and Matthew Parker, as a co-founder of Anglican theology. He was also ... Hooker believed that the Church of England should be a broad, tolerant ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- John Andrew Smith (1579 or 1580–1631), known to history as Captain ... Unlike the founding of the Plymouth colony by religious dissenters ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 04:04, 3 May 2024
- sometimes referred to as the "Father of Assyriology." Rawlinson ... in Great Britain. He was the second son of Abram Tyack Rawlinson, and ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 23:12, 8 February 2022
- *Cross, Arthur Lyon. 1920. A Shorter History of England and Greater ... England, 1225-1360. The New Oxford History of England. Oxford, UK: Clarendon ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- (1353 – October 28, 1412) was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and ... in 1375) actually styled herself Queen of Denmark. Instead, she called ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- Margaret (1283 – 1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway, literally ... She was the daughter of King Eirik II of Norway and Margaret, daughter ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although Wyatt ... centuries earlier in Italy and France, England remained largely isolated ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet. Born in France ... Her works are mostly dedicated to members of the French court at the ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- a considerable influence on the development of Elizabethan and Jacobean poetry ... In 1612 Daniel published a prose History of England, from the earliest ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 02:58, 23 December 2022
- Carnarvon, George Herbert 5th Earl of who was the chief financial backer on many of Howard Carter's Egyptian ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 17:00, 20 May 2024
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from ... One consequence of the fluidity of the political situation, with Henry ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- colonist, an early and courageous proponent of the separation of church and ... A religious separatist, Williams questioned the right of the colonists ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- captain who played for Gloucestershire and England, primarily as a batsman ... Although Hammond was born in Dover, he spent some of his early life ...9 KB (1,521 words) - 22:26, 3 May 2023
- composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost ... Morley was one of the first composers of madrigals to utilize the ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- novelist and spy, who is considered one of the earliest practitioners ... Famous for his wicked sense of irony (Defoe's penchant for satire ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 14:40, 5 August 2013
- 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 ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- churchman, poet, and teacher from York, England. He was born around 735 ... He was made abbot of the monastery of Saint Martin of Tours in 796 ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 05:08, 17 June 2023
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March ... that slavery was immoral. This is an example of how a slavish adherence to ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- 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 ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading ... Ralph Waldo Emerson and other proponents of Transcendentalism, like Oliver ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- the founder and first General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. Originally ... Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- economist who occupied the first chair of political economy in England ... September 26, 1790 in Compton, Berkshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was ... quot;Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the twelfth century ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- century. He was born in London, England, and he presumably died ... Hudson's explorations of the arctic regions exemplify the relentless ...9 KB (1,487 words) - 15:22, 25 January 2023
- November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early nineteenth century ... His famous home of Sunnyside just south of the Tappan Zee Bridge in ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of ... West Lothian, Scotland to King James V of Scotland and his French wife ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:03, 7 November 2022
- monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth. He ... in five books and 400 pages the history of England, ecclesiastical and ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- centuries and is now considered to be one of the most remarkable poets of ... an Anglican priest. All that is known of his mother is her name, Anne ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 17:58, 27 July 2023
- The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war ... its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- The Norman invasion of Ireland (or the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland ... Irish history and culture developed differently as a result of the ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 19:34, 20 May 2024
- the party to the case should prevail. In England and Wales, the phrase refers ... The brief was probably so called from its at first being only a copy ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- institution that teaches an inclusive range of subjects across the academic ... While some continue to support the idea of selective education, with ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, England ... Wellington is considered to have been one of the greatest British ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- colonists against against the imposition of a British tax on tea and to ... by Great Britain on the colonies. In protest of the tax, Sons of Liberty patriots ...9 KB (1,449 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian ... 5, 1817 in Paris, France, into a family of Huguenot descent. His father ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the ... game became apparent at the beginning of the twentieth century with ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- contains unique information about the history of England after the Norman Conquest. According to philologist J.A.W. Bennett, it is the only prose history ...16 KB (2,619 words) - 01:36, 24 November 2022
- force in legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane. Her ... born on May 21, 1790, in Norwich, Norfolk, England; the third child of a Quaker ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 16:17, 13 February 2024
- was an English politician, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most ... from that of Elizabeth and from the history of England. He represented Lincolnshire ...19 KB (3,064 words) - 23:35, 3 December 2023
- New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern ... In one of the earliest English settlements in the New World, English ...32 KB (4,620 words) - 09:13, 11 March 2023
- the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. Although a number ... Possibly, they would question the teaching of the Church and the authority ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows ... The concertina was developed independently in both England and Germany. ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- Danelagen), is a name given to a part of Great Britain, now northern ... held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons. Its origins lie ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- Flint (or flintstone) is a hard, sedimentary, cryptocrystalline form ... In early history, flint was used for making cutting tools and igniting ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- 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 ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- social critic, and a leading advocate of Christian Socialism. Tawney ... 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India, the son of a respected Sanskrit scholar ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the ... The Armada was sent by King Philip II of Spain, who had been king ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- the first Englishman to explore or map parts of New Holland (Australia) and ... Dampier's life belongs to the great age of so-called "Discovery ...11 KB (1,611 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2023
- checkers, or straight checkers, is a form of the draughts board game played ... The origin of the game can be traced as far back as the Iraqi city ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- and economist, famous for his analysis of British Parliament and money ... February 3, 1826, in Langport, Somerset, England, the son of a local banker ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- the United States providing for the return of escaped slaves to their owners ... The Articles of Confederation of the New England Confederation of ...9 KB (1,324 words) - 07:11, 15 April 2024
- The Tower of London (known historically simply as The Tower), is an ... The Tower of London is sometimes identified with the White Tower, ...20 KB (3,219 words) - 04:47, 1 May 2023
- 1, 1918) was an American educator and one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... at a young age became familiar with the work of Friedrich Froebel. She became ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province ... a precedent and my God will Make it the Seed of a Nation. That an example may ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- (1320 – June 15, 1381) was the leader of the English Peasants' ... in Broxley, six years after the Battle of Bannockburn and the thirteenth ...10 KB (1,583 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- closely with Karl Marx in the foundation of modern Communism. The son of ... Kautsky). Engels contributed in questions of nationality, military affairs ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 11:02, 11 April 2024
- by the sun and generally provide a means of cultivating young, tender, ... The development of greenhouses involves the creation of a management ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 07:49, 25 May 2024
- been interchanged or merged over the course of time. Sometimes, however, dockyards ... regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- 29, 1618) is famed as a writer and poet. One of the last true "Renaissance ... primarily for his poems, yet only 560 lines of his verse remain. He is not ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:28, 3 May 2023
