For purposes of a mainstream account, the official site of the Bank of England provides a flowery version about the background and purported success of …
The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of Parliament in England (31 Cha. 2 c. 2) during the reign of King Charles II. It …
The English Civil War took place 1642 to 1651 between Royalist Anglican supporters of King Charles I and the Puritan Parliamentarian supporters led by Lord …
On December 11, 1637, John Lilburne was arrested upon his return from Holland and put on secret trial by the Star Chamber of Charles I. …
John Lathrop was born December 20, 1584 in Etton, Yorkshire, England. It is said the ancestral home of the Lathrop family is Lowthrope, England. He …
The Petition of Right (see document) is a statement of the objectives of the 1628 English legal reform movement that led to the Civil War …
Is the story we’ve been taught about the Gunpowder plot really treason by Guy Fawkes and the group of Catholic men, or has history gone …
The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style, 19 August New Style 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England …
In 1588, the most powerful man in the world was the King of Spain, Phillip II. Flush with gold and silver from the New World, …
John Rogers burned to death at a stake at Smithfield, England on this Monday morning, February 4,1555. Among the onlookers who encouraged him were his …
