English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England Timeline
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Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen | British Biography - Britain …
WEBElizabeth Woodville, The White Queen. Elizabeth Woodville was one of 13 children born to Richard Woodville (later named Baron Rivers) and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of Henry V's brother John, Duke of Bedford. So, though the Woodville family certainly had connections Elizabeth was not considered nobility, a fact which would come to be quite ...
Anglo-Saxon Architecture in England - Britain Express
WEBFor this reason most surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon architecture date from either 600-725 or 900-1050. Saxon church tower, Earls Barton, Northants. Unfortunately for posterity, most Saxon buildings were constructed of wood with wattle and daub walls. The depredations of the Danes left very few of these flammable buildings standing.
The 39 Articles original text - Britain Express
WEBThe 39 Articles - original text. This is the full text of The 39 Articles. For an explanation of the background and importance of The 39 Articles, click here. THE ARTICLES OF RELIGION. Agreed upon by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the whole clergy of the Provinces of Canterbury and York, London, 1562. I.
Anglo-Saxon Britain - map and history - Britain Express
WEBEarly Anglo-Saxon Britain. Saxon Britain 600-900 AD. Settlement. We know very little of the first few hundred years of the Anglo-Saxon, or "English", era, primarily because the invaders were an illiterate people. Our earliest records of them are little more than highly inventive lists of rulers. We know that they established separate kingdoms ...
Celtic Britain - history and culture
WEBCeltic lands were owned communally, and wealth seems to have been based largely on the size of cattle herd owned. The lot of women was a good deal better than in most societies of that time. They were technically equal to men, owned property, and …
Elizabethan Theatre - Britain Express
WEBElizabethan theatre and the name of William Shakespeare are inextricably bound together, yet there were others writing plays at the same time as the Bard of Avon. One of the most successful was Christopher Marlowe, who many contemporaries considered Shakespeare's superior.Marlowe's career, however, was cut short at a comparatively young age when …
Tower of London History and Photos - Britain Express
WEBThe first foundations were laid in 1078 and the castle has been constantly improved and extended. The Tower of London is the oldest palace, fortress and prison in Europe. The origins of the Tower begin with the Norman invasion of England. William, Duke of Normandy met King Harold at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066.
Follies in the English Landscape - Britain Express
WEBAlthough most of the buildings we now call follies are a part of English garden and landscape design, a folly need not be part of a garden. The first rush of folly construction in England seems to have been precipitated by Sir Thomas Tresham's Rushton Lodge (1595). The Lodge was an exercise in expressing Tresham's views on the secret symbolism ...
Lady Godiva's Ride, Fact & Fiction - Britain Express
WEBLady Godiva's Ride, Fact & Fiction. Lady Godiva, by James Collier, c. 1898, in the Herbert Museum, Coventry. It is one of the most famous stories in British history; the young noblewoman Godiva, warm-hearted and compassionate, sees the plight of the people of Coventry, faced with harsh taxes imposed by her middle-aged husband, Earl Leofric of ...