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Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2021

New Release: Her Secret War by Pam Lecky

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  HER SECRET WAR  Pam Lecky Published by: Avon Books UK/Harper Collins Release date: 14 th October 2021     A life-changing moment ...
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Monday, April 27, 2020

The Briton and the Dane: Timeline by Mary Ann Bernal

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Dr. Gwyneth Franger is a renowned expert in early medieval England who is set upon learning the truth about the death of Lord Erik, t...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal

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King Alfred the Great has thwarted the Viking threat against his kingdom of Wessex. Signing a treaty with the formidable Danish King G...
Monday, June 4, 2018

How many executions was Henry VIII responsible for?

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History Extra It is impossible to tell for sure, and historians have no definitive number. It is estimated that anywhere from 57,000 t...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

What was England’s reaction to the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1751?

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History Extra There’s a long-standing belief that when Britain caught up with 16th-century science by adopting the Gregorian calendar ...
Friday, June 1, 2018

The Legendary Origins of Merlin the Magician

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Ancient Origins Most people today have heard of Merlin the Magician, as his name has been popularized over the centuries and his story...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

No Atomic Blast. Fire Melted the Stones of Iron Age Forts Say Investigators

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Ancient Origins In Scotland, archaeologists believe that they have solved the mystery of an Iron Age fort in which stones had melted in...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

Tintagel Castle and The Legendary Conception of King Arthur

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Ancient Origins Tintagel Castle is a castle located on Tintagel Island, a peninsula connected to the North Cornwall coast in England b...
Friday, May 25, 2018

When did the leopards on the royal arms of England become the lions depicted today?

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History Extra The medieval bestiary comprised real and mythical creatures, and the medieval intellect wasn’t interested in our modern ...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

How many fingers did Anne Boleyn have?

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History Extra There is no concrete evidence that Anne Boleyn had six fingers. George Wyatt, grandson of court poet and ambassador Sir ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Was Henry VIII a good king?

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History Extra The success of Henry’s reign is mixed. Economically, England flourished, partially at the expense of countless monasterie...
Monday, May 21, 2018

What is the oldest law in England?

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History Extra Habeas corpus is, indeed, one of the most distinctive features of English law and may well be the oldest in force. The l...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

What happened to Katherine Parr’s daughter, Mary Seymour, after her mother’s death?

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History Extra Following Katherine’s death a matter of days after Mary’s birth, the newborn’s father, Thomas Seymour, placed Mary in th...
Friday, May 4, 2018

5 Bayeux Tapestry facts: what is it, why was it made and what story does it tell?

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History Extra The French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced that the Bayeux Tapestry is to go on display in the UK. But what ...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

More than a Dozen Mysterious Prehistoric Tunnels in Cornwall, England, Mystify Researchers

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Ancient Origins More than a dozen tunnels have been found in Cornwall, England, that are unique in the British Isles. No one knows why ...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

Robert the Bruce: champion of Scotland or murderous usurper?

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History Extra On 10 February 1306, the most important political murder in Scottish history took place. John Comyn, “the Red”, was slau...
Monday, April 9, 2018

Hundreds of Place Names of Old Norse Origin in the British Isles

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Thor News Many English villages and towns were founded by Vikings. (Photo: John Baker/ videnskab.dk)  In the 9th and 10th centuries ...