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1. Chester, England - Medieval City Chester, county town of Cheshire, in the north west of England, stands on the River Dee, not far from both Liverpool and North Wales. The city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country because it has kept many of its medieval fe...
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. Amish Religion The Amish religion take several forms and it can be confusing to sort out the different orders, how they relate, and why some are using technologies that other groups do not.  In some ways, the Amish are much like Catholic religious orders, with...
5. 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...
6. Virgin and the Crab I love historical fiction, and especially anything written about the Tudor and Elizabethan times. Currently my favourite novel is this one: Virgin and the Crab by Robert Parry. Apart from the ever-charismatic figure of Elizabeth, it's cast of charac...
7. Martin Luther Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German priest and theologian who triggered the Reformation and the rise of Protestantism in the Christian world. In his early years Luther was an orthodox Roman Catholic and was ordained a priest. In 1517, Luther, di...
8. Henry VIII - would YOU marry this man? I've always found this period of history fascinating, although I'm not sure why! Perhaps because I had a hard time understanding why so many women would want to be the next in line to marry this man, particularly when he was so quick to dump them or...
9. Christian Heroes of the Reformation in Europe Too many Christians know very little of their Christian heritage., the men and women of faith who were obedient to the call of God. These men and women are heroes, Christian heroes, who followed the call of God on their lives and the result is the r...
10. The Church Must Change Many Christians are experiencing discontent with the way things have been in the traditional church. General statistics show us that almost half of those who claim to be Christain no longer go to church.
11. Non-Lutheran Looks At Luther I am not Lutheran, nor do I hold a Reformed view of Scripture, nor do I enjoy liturgical churchiness, but I do like Martin Luther! Here is a collection of information I have gathered and books I have read and would like to read dealing with Martin Lut...
12. Luther's Wittenberg Wittenberg, Germany would probably have become a bottom tier city among Germany's key sites had it not been for Martin Luther and the reformation of the Christian Church that began in its streets in 1517.  The significant buildings of the Reform...
13. UnChurch The human brain is phenomenal, complex and unmatched in it's abilities. It's also largely untapped, and consequently, a bit lazy. Take the word "church" for example. The mere mention of it immediately conjures up hardened mental models that...