Search results for "History of England" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
