If you have visited the British Library’s latest exhibition,Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, you may have spotted the work of Marie de France. Marie was a poet in the late 12th century, who wrote three major works that can be definitively attributed to her, even though we don’t kn...
The history of Hingham, Massachusetts, is the history of America. Settled not many years after the Mayflower reached these shores, Hingham grew through the efforts, faith and determination of a handful of people from Hingham, England, and other towns in the southwest part of that country, look...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a music studio album recording by RICK WAKEMAN (Symphonic Prog/Progressive Rock) released in 1973 on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. This page includes The Six Wives of Henry VIII's : cover picture, songs / tracks list, mem
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King Henry VIII was to be his subject on numerous occasions as were other members of the Royal Family, courtiers and prospective wives including, famously, a portrait of Anne of Cleves which may have oversold her beauty to the king who was unimpressed with her in person (there is apparently...
The Defense of the Seven Sacraments. This book defended the seven sacraments which Martin Luther criticized. After reading the book, the pope, changed the title to Defender of the Faith. He was seen as the hero, but this quickly changed. King Henry VIII decided to divorce Queen Catherine ...
In July 1282 King Edward I was in the middle of subduing Wales when his wife, Eleanor of Castile, was reaching her final month of pregnancy. Unlike most royal wives, who would have stayed at home in one of their sumptuous, cosy palaces, Eleanor was in Wales with her husband. After all...
In Book I ofThe Faerie Queene,Spenser sounds the Pauline theme, warning against the 'boasts of fleshly might', since If any strength we haue, it is to ill, But all the good is Gods, both power and eke will. (1.10.1) Similarly, Milton's Gabriel reminds Satan of the tr...
Each of the wives of Henry the 8th was carefully selected. Yet, these marriages were unsuccessful. When Henry 8th became king, England was a Catholic country. The Church was ruled by the Pope. The Protestant Reformation was starting to sweep Europe. Martin Luther, a Catholic Priest, nailed ...
Although adopting the episcopal structure favored by the church of Rome, it retained powerful centers in the monasteries that had been established due to the influence of Irish Christianity. During the 8th century, English scholarship was highly regarded, and several English churchmen worked in ...