The Master of English Polyphony covers The Life and Legacy of Thomas Tallis (1505-85) whose choral music was deeply influenced by the changing religious landscape of Tudor England. He composed within...
The Fifth of November 1605 Jesuit Treason Plot was an assassination attempt against King James by a group of provincial English Catholics who sought to restore the Catholic monarchy to England a...
A large twin-towered Gothic church with a vast interior founded over a millennium ago, Westminster Abbey is one of the United Kingdom’s most notable religious buildings and the traditional place...
An English Puritan separatist originally from Yorkshire in Northern England, William Bradford moved to Holland with other Pilgrims in order to escape religious persecution from King James of England,...
An English Puritan separatist originally from Yorkshire in Northern England, William Bradford moved to Holland with other Pilgrims in order to escape religious persecution from King James of England,...
English Puritans were Protestants who wished to reform England’s state religion of Catholic influences. Their efforts met with stiff resistance. Escaping religious persecution, they sailed acros...
English Puritans were Protestants who wished to reform England’s state religion of Catholic influences. Their efforts met with stiff resistance. Escaping religious persecution, they sailed acros...
The first century and a quarter of England’s exploration and colonization attempts in America paints a vivid picture of ambition, curiosity, greed, religious fervor, and innovation. Let’s...
Throughout his life, Samuel de Champlain was a loyal Catholic soldier. As a young man, he learned to fight with the firearms of his time, acquiring this practical knowledge when serving with the army...
Throughout his life, Samuel de Champlain was a loyal Catholic soldier. As a young man, he learned to fight with the firearms of his time, acquiring this practical knowledge when serving with the army...
Saint Marie de l\'Incarnation (1599-1672) was a French Ursuline nun. As part of a group of sisters sent to New France in 1639 to establish the Ursuline Order, Marie was crucial in the spread of Cath...
Saint Marie de l\'Incarnation (1599-1672) was a French Ursuline nun. As part of a group of sisters sent to New France in 1639 to establish the Ursuline Order, Marie was crucial in the spread of Cath...
His reign is often seen as a prelude to and the forerunner of the British Empire and English activities on the North American continent. Certainly, without the institutional changes he brought, the wa...
French Florida’s Fort Caroline was the first major European settlement in the United States established not by England, and not by Spain. The colony was founded by French Protestants known as Hu...
French Florida’s Fort Caroline was the first major European settlement in the United States established not by England, and not by Spain. The colony was founded by French Protestants known as Hu...
