Since 1066, when Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror were crowned, the coronations of English and British monarchs have been held here. Since 1100, there have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey. Two were of reigning monarchs, although before 1919 there h...
This series of cards will help you identify monarchs like Queens Victoria, Elizabeth I, and Elizabeth II, as well as Kings Richard I, John, Henry VIII, and George VI. Events and names related to the English monarchy, like the Crusades, the signing of Magna Carta, and the major ruling ...
existence of God and of the satisfaction theory of atonement. He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by a bull of Pope Clement XI in 1720. As archbishop, he defended the church's interests in England amid the Investiture Controversy. For his resistance to the English kings William II and...
There was a time in Europe where people went by nicknames rather than by surnames. Think of the great kings and queens of Europe – Katherine the Great, Richard the Lionheart, etc. When people in Europe started using surnames, many people took their nickname as their new surname. Many of ...
The unreliable Harold Brooks-Baker (and here) claimed that Kerry has Muslim ancestry through the Shahs of Persia and the Kings of Tunisia, giving him a descent from the prophet Muhammad. Jasper Conran, born 1959, fashion designer. Son of Terence Conran. Descents from James IV, King of...
Resulting from this, the English and French royal families would fight many bloody wars trying to settle who was supposed to rule what. William's family acquired lands throughout France and ruled them as Englishmen, which really upset the French kings. This is a pretty watered-down, basic ...
Since then a new edition has been published every following year. Each of these new editions has added some new movies and removed some old ones in order to maintain the 1,001 total. Below you will find information on each of these editions, a complete list of all movies added and ...
There’s a bit of colour and movement provided by Flanagan’s book (by an Australian, set in a WWII POW camp), as well as Kingsnorth’s fascinating crowdfundedThe Wake, a historical novel set in 1066 that bears the distinction of being the only book on the entire list not completely ...