Abstract: This article is a study of some aspects of the role of Catholic women in sixteenth-century England. It assesses how the Catholic faith was passed on to children and the wider family. It looks…
“And then the heathens became madly incensed because of this faith, for he always asked Christ to his help. Then they shot at him with missiles, as if for their sport, until he was entirely…
“Have you seen the Jack in the Green?” asked the English Rock Band Jethro Tull in their 1977 album Songs from the Wood. Yes, I have. I’ve seen him in numerous guises, as art, as…
In Elizabethan England it was against the law to practice the Catholic faith. Priests and sympathisers were arrested and treated brutally. Many died terrible deaths for their faith. Ingenious craftsmen were required to design and…
Brave Hurricanes and Spits still claw and climbFar up into the English summer sky,At the lingering end of a golden timeAs wild young lads and aging empires die. The Hood and Rodney still the Channel guardAgainst the strident Men…
They say he was a gentleman And a gentle man The Queen's good servant And a child of the Church They say he was universal To those for whom he spoke, Offering a listening ear…
St. Edmund Campion first became a major part of my life when I was assigned to read Edmund Campion: Hero of God’s Underground by Harold C. Gardiner, S.J. I was in 4th Grade at the…
In 2013, I had a very special and ever-memorable adventure on board the historic HMS Victory. But before telling my story, I’d like give a little background as to how I came to be a…
The Right Honorable General John Burgoyne, General in the British Army and MP for Preston, is probably most famous for commanding the losing Army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, during the American War…
“Circumstances unhappily concurred to draw [Derwentwater] into this snare, to his destruction, and the utter ruination of the most flourishing family in that part of the country”. So said Robert Patten, an Anglican clergyman who…
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