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persecution

The story of witchcraft….

Feb 25, 2023

law, religion

Agnes Sampson, anachronisms, Christianity, Freemasonry, Gilles de Rais, persecution, Shakespeare, Spanish Inquisition, The Wizard of Oz, witchcraft

We all have different ideas about witches, from the evil crones of Shakespeare to the gorgeous Glinda in The Wizard of Oz. The reality, it seems to me, is that most “witches” were innocent women (and some men) who were victimised for a wide variety of reasons. But that’s just my opinion. But nevertheless we’re…
The contemporaries of Henry VIII

Mar 8, 2016

law

“Tudors”, annulment, Feodor I, France, Francois I, Henri II, Henry VIII, Ivan IV, Marguerite de Navarre, megalomania, Moscow, persecution, religion, renaissance, royal marriages, Rurik, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, tyranny, Valois

Genealogy Francois I of France died in the first quarter of 1547, after a reign of over thirty years, leaving only one legitimate son, Henri II. Whilst thought of as a cultured monarch, a patron of the arts and a linguistic reformer, he took an ambiguous approach to religious reform, (in which his sister Marguerite…