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