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Claire | November 8, 2010
On this day in history, 8th November 1605, Robert Catesby, the man thought to have been responsible for hatching up the Gunpowder Plot, was shot dead at Holbeche House in Staffordshire. Although he was initially buried near Holbeche, his body was exhumed so that he could be decapitated and his head hung on the side
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Category: People, Tudor events |
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Tags: Gunpowder Plot, James I, Robert Catesby
Claire | November 5, 2010
“Remember remember the 5th November” is a rhyme that many of us were taught in school, although perhaps not the full poem:- Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent To blow
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Category: Monarchy, The Reign of Elizabeth I, Tudor events |
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Tags: Bonfire Night, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes
Claire | November 3, 2010
In the final scene of Shekhar Kapur’s “Elizabeth”, starring Cate Blanchett, we see Kat Ashley cutting Elizabeth’s hair off and Elizabeth making a dramatic entrance in front of her court dressed as a bride in an elaborate white gown, pearls (which symbolise purity), a red wig, a huge ruff and a whitened face. When Elizabeth
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Category: Elizabeth Personality, Elizabeth General, Elizabeth movies, Loves and suitors, Marriage |
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Tags: Marriage, virgin, Virgin Queen
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