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| | | | | The following note discusses a rather intriguing medieval superstition which states that the king of England must not enter the city of Linc... | |
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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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heritagecalling.com
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| | | | | Athelstan (or Æthelstan), the Anglo-Saxon ruler, is considered the first King of England, who reigned from AD 924 to 939. | |
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| | | Although people living in medieval Europe knew a lot more of the wider world than many initially think, with strong trade links in Asia and northern Africa, they were still intrigued about what lay beyond the land known to man, and stories of mythical creatures abounded. One such creature which fascinated for centuries was the... | ||