traitors
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Image of Traitors’ Gate, Tower of London, by Istvan via Flickr. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ I have just watched the Finale of the hit TV show, ‘The Traitors’. It is an enthralling show, with many twists and turns and shocking moments. For thos who aren’t familiar with it, there are twenty contestants from various walks of life…
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Now, if you read this claptrap you’ll learn that saintly Henry VII, on his brilliant ownio, decided that ” . . . rather than adopting the costly and aggressive strategy of invasion and war favoured by some of his predecessors . . . used dynastic royal marriages to make alliances in Europe . . .…
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OLD LONDON BRIDGE – A MEDIEVAL WONDER!
Anne Sutton, bigamy, Canterbury Cathedral, Chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, coronation procession, David Earl of Crawford, Dover, Drawbridge Gate, Elizabeth Wydeville, fire, funeral procession, Great Stonegate, Henry II, Henry V, Jack Cade, John Stow, jousting, Kentishmen, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Livia Visser-Fuchs, Lord Wells, Old London Bridge, Peasants’ Revolt, Peter de Colechurch, pre-contract, rebellions, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Southwark, Thomas Becket, traitors, Vikings, Wat Tyler, Westminster AbbeyREBLOGGED FROM sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri London from Southwark, c.1630. Old London Bridge is in the right foreground and Old St Paul’s Cathedral on the skyline to the left. Old London Bridge Antiquated, in a run down state, and at 600 years old, the old bridge had reached its self by date and was demolished in…
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