William Wallace: Who was he, and how did he die?
William Wallace was a leading member of the Scottish knights and landowners who fought to defend their homes from the English army during the Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1297,...
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32 Anne Boleyn Facts That You Did Not Know
Anne Boleyn (1501-1536) was the second wife of the Tudor King Henry VIII. The drama that surrounded her controversial marriage to Henry VIII helped kick start the English Reformation. England...
Anne Boleyn: Life, Tragic Execution & Legacy
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII – one of England’s most infamous monarchs. The marriage between the two was a complete fiasco. It all started when...
Who was St Edmund the Martyr?
Born in either 841 or 842, St Edmund was an English King whose dominion spanned large parts of East Anglia. After he was brutally executed by the invading Vikings (the...
