Though Fawkes kept silence as to the mine, he did not keep silence on the desperate character of the work on which he had been engaged.Continuing
The Gunpowder Plot
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Guy Fawkes’ Confession.IntroductionIf successful, this plot would have
Assembly of Divines Meet
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
Westminister Assembly Establishes Presbyterianism in England
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Puritans and Presbyterians.IntroductionOfficial recognition of
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,