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10 Facts about Nicholaa de la Haye that you may not know... - History... the interesting bits!
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The Writing Desk: Special Guest Post By Sharon Bennett Connolly, Author of Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England
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| | New from Amazon UK and Amazon US Ladies of Magna Carta focuses on the roles played by the women of the great families whose infl...
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Book Review: "Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England" by Sharon Bennett Connolly - Adventures of a Tudor Nerd
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| | The year of 1215 marked a turning point in English history with the sealing of a rather unique document; the Charter of Liberties, or as we know it today, the Magna Carta. It was a charter from the people to a king demanding the rights that they believed that they deserved. Those who sealed it...
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The cunning old woman and the castle - Talking about History
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| | Last year I wrote a post on Corfe Castle and how it was defended by the formidable Mary Bankes. Well, I have found another such woman. Meet Nicholaa de la Haye, born in the early 1150s, a wealthy heiress and Sheriff of Lincoln. Her first marriage did not prove fruitful, however her second marriage was...
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Robert de Breteuil, the Crusading Earl - History... the interesting bits!
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| Arms of Robert de Breteuil, 4th Earl of Leicester Robert de Breteuil, also known as Robert de Beaumont, was a remarkable individual whose adventures in the Holy Land would make a wonderful novel. A renowned warrior and a powerful magnate, he was a companion to the Plantagenet princes, both Richard the Lionheart and King John....