Today's installment concludes Westminister Assembly Establishes Presbyterianism in England,our selection from Life of John Milton by David Masson
English Civil War Begins; Assembly of Divines Organized
The King had other things to do at that moment than assent to a bill for an assembly of divines. He was at York, gathering his forces for the civil
Long Parliament Meets
One thing, however, was certain all the while. These two effective aggregations of English-born Independency beyond the bounds of England -- the small
Congregationalists and Presbyterians
The error of the Presbyterians, they maintained, retaining the synodical tyranny while they would throw off the prelatic.Continuing Westminister
The Ursuline Nuns
It was three years later before the Ursulines and their pupils took possession of a massive convent of stone, built for them on the site which they
Battle of Hastings Aftermath
Many a pathetic legend was told in after years respecting the discovery and the burial of the corpse of our last Saxon King.Today's installment
Battle of Hastings Ends
The English were in great trouble at having lost their King and at the Duke's having conquered and beat down the standard; but they still fought on,
Individual Combats
Why did the English not have archers of their own?Continuing Normans Conquer England,our selection from Historical and Critical Account of the
Hand-to-Hand Combat
From nine o'clock in the morning, when the combat began, till three o'clock came, the battle was up and down, this way and that, and no one knew who