England Archive
Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Glastonbury Tor, some 525 feet high (160 m), has been called the 'Heart of England'. It is an enigmatic sacred landmark, one of the
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - The one family that has put more kings on the throne of England were not natural English citizens. The family descended from the Frankish
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David Tee AncientPages.com - King Henry VIII was known for his extra-marital affairs and activities. But this does not diminish Mary’s role in his life. Mary Boleyn never reached
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Elizabeth did not appear in English history until her mother, Jacquetta of Luxemburg, secretly married her second husband, Richard of Woodville. Their marriage
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation to end the legality of coffeehouses. He banned coffeehouses and forbade people from selling
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation to end the legality of coffeehouses. He banned coffeehouses and forbade people from
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists, geographers, historians and volunteers have significantly intensified their search for the 16th century royal dockyards in the vicinity of Clackmannanshire Bridge, a road bridge over the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Eleanor of Aquitaine was not just an ordinary woman of 12th century Europe. She was charismatic and well-educated. Her outstanding personality largely shaped
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Historical records state that the Viking Great Army wintered in Repton, Derbyshire, in 873 A.D. and drove the Mercian king into exile. Using radiocarbon dating scientists have
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The royal burial site at Sutton Hoo, a few miles from the Suffolk coast, East England, is the most famous of all Anglo-Saxon
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Canterbury Roll is a magnificent and unique ancient manuscript that traces the history of England from its mythical origins until the Wars of the Roses.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - ‘Priest holes’ saved many lives of Catholic priests and became their sanctuaries in times of persecution during England’s Anti-Catholic times. They were so
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A Viking camp dated to the winter of 873-4, have been unearthed by a team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol. It is located in the
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News
AncientPages.com - On October 19, 1216, John, King of England, died of dysentery at Newark Castle in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. He was the youngest son of Henrik II
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - An ale conner in Medieval England was responsible for was responsible for keeping up standards on alcoholic drinks, especially ale. It may sound like a fun job,
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AncientPages.com - On August 29, 1475, the Treaty of Picquigny ended a brief war between England and France. It was a significant historic peace treaty that followed an invasion
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Wars of the Roses was a civil war in England that lasted from 1455-1487. This thirty-two-year military conflict was fought between the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many reasons why humans start a war. Most common conflicts involve disputes over territories, money, or revenge. Sometimes unusual events can also
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Probably the most famous medieval ruler of England - though not the best - was Richard Plantagenet, better known as Richard the Lionheart (“Coeur
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A huge Viking winter camp has been unearthed in Lincolnshire, England by archaeologists at the Universities of Sheffield and York. Thousands of Vikings established the site in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 6m long boat made from a tree trunk has been discovered by archaeologists in a silted-up channel of the Witham, near Washingborough, East Midlands, England. It
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Recently more than 30 Roman skeletons have been discovered during archaeological excavations at Pontefract town in West Yorkshire, England. Pontefrac is a historical town located on an
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to medieval tradition, there was a mysterious land – Lyonesse - that was outside the southwest of England. The legends of this sunken
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AncientPages.com - On March 16, 1485, Anne Neville, the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Anne Beauchamp died mysteriously at the age of twenty-eight. Did tuberculosis
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Clash among scientists! There is currently a heated debate in the scientific community. Archaeologists maintain geneticists have totally misunderstood the Viking occupation in England. Geneticists, on the
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AncientPages.com - On February 10, 1355, the so-called St Scholastica Day Riot took place in Oxford, England. The students complained about the quality of the ales they were
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AncientPages.com - On the night of 8/9 February 1855, a strange phenomenon – the so-called 'Devil's Footprints'- occurred around the Exe Estuary in East Devon and South Devon, England. The trails of hoof-like marks
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AncientPages.com - On January 4, 871 AD, the Danes surprised the people of Wessex by arriving on horseback in a lightning raid that swiftly took the town of Reading.
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AncientPages.com - Historical records reveal a number of truly bizarre forms of taxes people had to put up with. Taxation problems date back to earliest recorded history and as
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AncientPages.com - On November 3, 1492, the Peace of Etaples was signed in Étaples (northern France) between the kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor
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AncientPages.com - On October 24, 1360, the Treaty of Brétigny was ratified. It was drafted earlier on May 8, 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II
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AncientPages.com - On October 20, 1632, Sir Christopher Wren - one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history - was born. He was a man of
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AncientPages.com - On September 25, 1237, the Treaty of York was signed at York between Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland. It confirmed that Northumberland,
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AncientPages.com - On June 24, 1348, the terrible Black Death arrived in Britain. The Black Death started in the Gobi Desert with a minor disease, Yersinia Pestis. It first entered
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AncientPages.com - On June 15, 1215, the Magna Carta was signed between King John and the barons of Medieval England. 'Magna Carta' (in Latin: "Great Charter") was one of the most
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AncientPages.com - On June 12, 1381, the first great popular rebellion in English history began and was known as the Peasants' Revolt or Wat Tyler's Rebellion. From the 1340s
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AncientPages.com - On June 10, 1540, Thomas Cromwell was arrested in Westminster and sent to the Tower of London. An Act of Attainder convicted him of heresy and
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AncientPages.com - On May 29, 1660, Charles II was restored to the throne. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period. During this
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AncientPages.com - On 13 May 1568, the Battle of Langside was fought between the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, and those of the Earl of Moray, her
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AncientPages.com - One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses took place on May 4, 1471. It was the Battle of Tewkesbury, a historic riverside town in Gloucestershire. The
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AncientPages.com - On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc, the 17-year-old French peasant, entered Orleans, the city besieged by the English. This most unusual historical event occurred during
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AncientPages.com - The great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was probably born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. Very little is known about his life, yet his literary legacy
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