John Wyclif, also Wicklyf, Wicliffe, Wiclef, Wycliff, Wycliffe, called Doctor evangelicus, was an English philosopher, theologian and church reformer.
John Wycliffe (1330-1384) and the Dawn of the Reformation.
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Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. English magnate, military and rebel.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March was an English magnate, military and rebel. After the fall of King Edward II in 1326, he was the real regent of England until he himself was overthrown and executed in 1330.
Tammeamea King of Hawaii and the King of the Solor Islands
Tammeamea King of Hawaii, the Sandwich Islands. Naba Leba king of Solor. Death of Tammeamea king of the Sandwich Islands. Artist: Nicholas Martin Petit (1777-1804).
The Battle of Hastings. The Norman Conquest, 11th c.
This important battle was fought about nine miles from Hastings, in Sussex, upon the 14th day of October, being Saturday, the year of our Lord 1066.
Alfred the Great. King of the West Saxons. The first English king.
Alfred was not called “the Great” until the Reformation in the 16th century. He is the only king in English history to have received this byname.
Sultan Mahmud I. Emperor of the Ottoman Empire.
Sultan Mahmud I (1696-1754) was from 1730 to 1754 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Mahmud was the son of Mustafa II. and was during the Patrona Halil Rebellion-instead of his uncle… Read More
Richard I the Lionheart. Cœur de Lion. Third son of King Henry II.
Richard I in French Cœur de Lion, actually Richard Plantagenet; was from 1189 to his death King of England.
King Henry VII. The Tudor from the House of Lancaster.
During the Wars of the Roses, Henry was the last survivor of the House of Lancaster and became its head. Through his marriage to the heiress of the House of York Elizabeth Plantagenet, England hoped for an end to the civil war between the two houses and a lasting peace.
Anne Boleyn, 1st Marquess of Pembroke, Queen of England.
Anne Boleyn, 1st Marquess of Pembroke was the second of the six wives of Henry VIII and Queen of England from 1533 to 1536.
Pierre du Terrail, Chevalier de Bayard. The Perfect Knight.
The Knight in shining armor. Many incidents are related of his bravery.