Friday, 18 September 2020

The body of King James IV

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  King James IV of Scotland was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field on 9th September 1513, following his unwise invasion of England while ...
Thursday, 17 September 2020

The death of King Henry IV at "Jerusalem"

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  King Henry IV of England died on 20 th March 1413 at the age of 45. His health had been poor ever since he had seized the throne from Kin...
Wednesday, 16 September 2020

King Edward the Confessor

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  Edward the Confessor was the only English king to become a saint. This was entirely due to his personal behaviour and had nothing to do wi...
Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England

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  Isabella was born around 1187 at Angoul ê me in south-west France, the only daughter of the Count of Angoulême. She was about 12 or 13 ye...
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Sunday, 23 August 2020

Isabella of Valois, Queen of England

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  Isabella of Valois, the second Queen of King Richard II of England, was born in 1389. She was not yet eight years old when she was sent to...
Saturday, 22 August 2020

Friedrich Nietzsche: a much misunderstood philosopher

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  Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher who has been regarded as providing intellectual support to anti-Semitism and Nazism. However, a clos...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Charles Peace: 19th century burglar and murderer

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Charles Peace was a notorious 19 th century murderer. He was once described as ‘the greatest and most naturally gifted criminal England has...