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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
