Tag: English history

English history from the introduction of Christianity to the Present time.

John Wycliffe, England, Scholastic, philosopher

John Wyclif, also Wicklyf, Wicliffe, Wiclef, Wycliff, Wycliffe, called Doctor evangelicus, was an English philosopher, theologian and church reformer.

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. English magnate, military and rebel.

5/9/15

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Roger de Mortimer. England History. Middle ages costumes

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.

Harold II. Last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

5/6/15

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Harold II last King of the Anglo Saxons.

King Harold II (1020 -1066). Last Anglo-Saxon king of England. Killed at the Battle of Hastings.

Alfred the Great. The first English king.

5/5/15

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Alfred the Great. The first English king.

Alfred the Great (848/849-899). The first English king.

The shields of the Gauls. Clans in the Roman Empire.

5/4/15

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Leather covered Highland Shield Target. Ancient Celtic shields. Gaul weapons

Shield of Gallic, British, German and Iberian auxiliary Regiments. Clans in the Roman Empire. The shield of the Gauls. The shield of the Gauls, according to Strabo and Virgil, was… Read More

Thomas Becket. Archbishop of Canterbury.

4/29/15

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Thomas Becket. England 12th century bishop

Thomas Becket. Archbishop of Canterbury (1118-1170). It is not a little remarkable that the only Romish shrine which has been publicly brought to notice in England during the last few… Read More

Richard I the Lionheart. Cœur de Lion.

4/28/15

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Richard Cœur de Lion. England King Richard I. Lionheart. Mediaval knight.

Richard I the Lionheart 1157-1199. Richard Ier Cœur de Lion, actually Richard Plantagenet; was from 1189 to his death King of England. From 1172 to the year of his coronation was Richard Duke… Read More

King Henry VII. The Tudor. Pictures and Royal Portraits.

4/27/15

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Tudor Henry VII. England King. Coronation costume

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.