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Sep 20, 20216 min read

Sep 12 Richard Challoner - leading under pressure

Richard Challoner would become the leading figure of English Catholicism for the greater part of the eighteenth century. He was bright...

Jul 16, 20214 min read

July 16 Innocent III - Papal hard and soft power

Today in 1216 one of the most consequential Popes of the Medieval Era, Pope Innocent III died. As the head of the Catholic Church and...

Jun 28, 20214 min read

June 29 Poet of the Spirit - Elizabeth Barret Browning

Today we travel to Florence in Italy where the English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning died. Married to another poet – Robert Browning,...

Apr 28, 20217 min read

Apr 29 The Visions of Joan of Arc

Today the fascinating figure of Joan of Arc broke the siege of Orleans in 1429 and possibly delivered France from English domination. A...

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