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1. Historic England In spite of fires, civil wars, enemy air raids and redevelopment and modernisation, many of England's cities, towns and villages display evidence of their history. Some of it is obvious like a well preserved castle or cathedral while other evidence r...
2. The Dissolution of the Monasteries By the 16th century many of the monasteries of England and Wales had become rich and powerful institutions. At that time they were all Catholic. They provided employment, charity for the poor, hospitals for the sick and education. Henry VIII had bro...
3. The Black Death In the 1300s the world was struck by a deadly disease called the Black Death. It was one of the worst recorded disasters in history. Over one-third of the population of Europe died. Also known as the plague, the disease is thought to have originated...
4. Castles of England This lens is about the beautiful and amazing castles of Britain, which I hope to some day visit. I've always been fascinated with castles. Since there's so many, and I have a ways to go to list more, I will never list all of them. Just my favorites...
5. Movie vs. History: 'The Other Boleyn Girl' How much fact and how much fiction in the movie "The Other Boleyn Girl?" It does a good job of popularizing the Tudor period, and the sets and costuming are beautiful, but whether it is more fact than fiction is debatable. It is true that there are...
6. King Henry VIII and his Wives Henry VIII (28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547) was King of Englandfrom 21 April 1509 until his death in 1547. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor,...
7. King Henry VIII of England King Henry VIII (1491-1547) was strong and ruthless king of the Tudor era. He was appointed Defender of the Faith by the Pope, but when the king decided to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, a split with the Catholic Church occurred. England joi...
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th Edition) The famous 9th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica has been nicknamed the "scholar's edition" due to superb quality of the articles and the high caliber of the contributors. Some of the great contributors included Thomas...
9. Emily Wilding Davison Biography Emily Wilding Davison is one of the most famous of the Suffragettes. It was Emily Wilding Davison who threw herself under the king's horse at the Derby of 1913 thus making her mark in history. Emily Davison (1872 - 1913): Born: 11 October 1872 - Bla...
10. The British Empire The British Empire was one of the greatest empires in the history of the world. At its peak just before World War I, this empire covered one-sixth of the earth's surface and had colonies in every continent. It was said that "the sun never sets on the...
11. Queen Elizabeth I of England Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled England for 45 years. During her reign, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed (1587) and the Spanish Armada was defeated (1588). Elizabeth I is regarded as one of the most greatest English monarchs. She inherited a we...
12. Jane Grey Writing in his 'Child's History of England' and referring to the axe that beheaded the sixteen-year-old Jane Grey, Charles Dickens states that it, "never struck so cruel and so vile a blow as this." Dickens, of course, was a Victorian. And the Victo...
13. Richard the Lionheart Richard the Lionheart (officially King Richard I of England)(1157-99) was a king of England who fought battles in France and later led the Crusaders to war in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. Interestingly, Richard spent all of his reign exce...
14. The Novels of Sharon Kay Penman Sunne in Splendor was the first Sharon Kay Penman novel I read, and I was instantly hooked. Any author that includes an extensive bibliography, an inordinate amount of footnotes, PLUS extensive family trees, is my kind of author!  Especially whe...
15. William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (or William I) (1027-87) was the king of England from 1066. Setting out from is dukedom in Normandy, he invaded England, defeating the Saxon king Harald in the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066. William then implemented a...
16. William and Mary (The Glorious Revolution) William III (1650-1702) was a king of the Netherlands who overthrew King James II of England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was offered the English crown by the English parliament (opposed to the Catholic King James II of England) and he inv...
17. Salisbury, Wiltshire's Cathedral City Salisbury Cathedral's famous spire is the first glimpse that most people have approaching this city. A quintessential English scene, it has been painted by many famous artists, including Constable, and engraved by Whistler. It's origins are lost in...
18. St. Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (c. 1412 - 1431) was a French saint, military leader and national heroine who inspired the French to fight for victory over the English who had occupied the northern half of France in the Hundred Years' War. Joan of Arc was born into a p...
19. John Dee Of all the many colourful and fascinating characters who populate the stage of Elizabethan history, John Dee (1527-1609) remains perhaps the most mysterious and least understood. Mathematician and geographer, astronomer and antiquarian, he was widely...
20. The English Civil War The English Civil War (1642-51) was a struggle that took place in England between the Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and the Royalists (known as Cavaliers). The Civil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I and the replacement of the...