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The Greatest Traitor by Mortimer Ian
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-05 | Author:Mortimer, Ian [Mortimer, Ian]

* On the day of the coronation the Scots had launched an exploratory raid on Norham Castle. They had been beaten back, but in March the court was informed by ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens by Mike Ashley
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mike Ashley

NC. JORVIK (YORK) Jorvik, the Danish kingdom of York, was essentially the same as the old Saxon kingdom of Deira in Northumbria (see page 269). From 910 the kingdom was ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
epub, pdf | | 2015-03-02 | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

Northumberland was at King's College, Cambridge when, on the morning of 20 July, he heard that Mary had been proclaimed in London. In a desperate attempt to save his neck, ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion by Ronald Susan
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-11-13 | Author:Ronald, Susan [Ronald, Susan]

For the time being, Elizabeth and her Councillors were blissfully unaware that Pius V had proclaimed his papal fatwa on England’s queen. In February 1570, word had reached them of ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
1536 by Lipscomb Suzannah
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-03-20 | Author:Lipscomb, Suzannah [Lipscomb, Suzannah]

CHAPTER 13 Henry VIII’s Theology Henry VIII’s theology seems to have situated itself somewhere between the later identities of Protestant and Catholic, and even somewhere between the contemporary beliefs of ...
( Category: England March 3,2015 )
The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell: Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant by Schofield John
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-20 | Author:Schofield, John [Schofield, John]

1 Foxe 5, pp. 376–8, 384; ET, p. 10 = OL 1, p. 15. 2 LP 10, no. 942. 3 Elton: Policy pp. 244–5; Merriman 2, pp. 111–13; Burnet 4, ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Ives Eric
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-08-19 | Author:Ives, Eric [Ives, Eric]

So far the theme appears classical, but the relevant Vergil passage had been understood ever since the fourth century to refer to the advent of the Blessed Virgin, the mother ...
( Category: England March 3,2015 )
Catherine Howard by Smith Lacey Baldwin
mobi |eng | 2011-11-09 | Author:Smith, Lacey Baldwin [Smith, Lacey Baldwin]

CHAPTER 6 ‘Harry With the Crown’ Henry and Catherine were married on 28 July 1540. Heads had fallen, the international scene had been confounded, and the world cynically speculated upon ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
Edward VI by Chris Skidmore
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-20 | Author:Chris Skidmore [Skidmore, Chris]

Remember poor suitors who doth sustain great wrong Speak & dispatch them, they busy too long They be deferred from morrow to morrow Their silly poor hearts like to break ...
( Category: England March 3,2015 )
Six Wives by David Starkey
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:David Starkey

Cranmer, it was clear, was right. The Boleyns as his patrons were right. There was no alternative. And this in turn meant that the canvass of university opinion became more ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
Henry VIII: The Life and Rule of England's Nero by Matusiak John
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-30 | Author:Matusiak, John [Matusiak, John]

9 The Infinite Clamour of Deadlock ‘In substance, he plainly confesses that he finds himself in such perplexity that he can no longer live in it.’ Jean du Bellay, French ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by John Guy
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2013-08-28 | Author:John Guy

The nature of the Marian dual monarchy Mary’s wedding was celebrated at Winchester Cathedral on St James’s Day (25 July) 1554. According to the marriage treaties, Philip was to be ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince by Lisa Hilton
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-11-13 | Author:Lisa Hilton [Hilton, Lisa]

I do see so little proof of my travails by reason her Majesty alloweth not of them, that I have left all to the wide world. I do only keep ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )
Sister Queens by Julia Fox
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-30 | Author:Julia Fox [Fox, Julia]

Indeed he would. On coming of age in January 1515, he had changed the personnel of his council and his household, and while he retained his love for his aunt ...
( Category: Spain & Portugal March 3,2015 )
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Alison Weir
epub |eng | 2015-02-09 | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

13 “Beware of Your Wife and Sons” On 21 February 1173, in response to overwhelming popular demand, Becket was canonised by Pope Alexander III. His cult had by now spread ...
( Category: Great Britain March 3,2015 )

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