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21 Mar
The Execution of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
- March 21st 1556 -
The first half of the sixteenth century saw a massive upheaval in the Church with the spread of Protestantism – the ideals of the German cleric Martin Luther. Nowhere was this...
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09 Sep
Coronation of Mary, Queen of Scots
- September 9th 1543 -
We often think that today’s politics is a shady and underhand business, with self-interest at its heart. Tudor/Stuart England was far worse. The story of Mary starts as far back as...
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22 Aug
The Battle of Bosworth
- August 22nd 1485 -
"A horse, a horse, my Kingdom for a horse.” These famous words from Shakespeare’s Richard III speak of the frustration of the King, Richard, as he saw his crown and life slipping away from him....
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29 Jun
The Original Globe Theatre Burns Down
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29th June 1613
In 1597 a certain Mr Allen failed to renew the lease on the land on which the theatre owned by Richard Burbage, the leading actor in a company named ‘The Lord Chamberlain’s Men’, was built...
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30 May
The Death of Christopher Marlowe - 30th May 1593
Much has been written about the life and career of Christopher Marlowe. For a man who has a stained glass window in honour of him in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, there is as much written...
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