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historicallywoman.wordpress.com
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| | | | | In 1141, Matilda, daughter of Henry I, sat down to a victory banquet in Westminster, certain of her imminent coronation as Queen Matilda of England. Yet it was a coronation that would never come to pass - so how was England's potential first queen regnant foiled? | |
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www.leafblogazine.com
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| | | | | In the Spotlight By Quill? 'n' Ink Pot As I clicked through history while watching the Funeral Procession of Queen Elizabeth II, I found the Queen's final resting place, the King George VI Memorial Chapel which was commissioned by the Queen herself, was part of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, this, her chosen place... | |
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biographics.org
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| | | | | He's the man who killed a king. Oliver Cromwell, the English Puritan turned military dictator, is today most famous for signing the death warrant that led to Charles I's bloody execution in 1649. Over a hundred years before the American and French Revolutions shook the globe, this small-time farmer from the British sticks proved with steel that the divine right of kings was not so holy after all. But what set Cromwell on his path to infamy? What possessed a guy who worked in agriculture to drop his tools... | |
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historytheinterestingbits.com
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| | | Sharon Bennett Connolly is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and best-selling author of 7 historical non-fiction books. Her latest book, Scotland's Medieval Queens, is book number 8. As well as writing this popular history blog, Sharon co-hosts the podcast A Slice of Medieval, alongside historical novelist Derek Birks. Sharon regularly gives talks on... | ||
