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December 28th, 2011
Defiance and fear of Mary Queen of Scots revealed in letter to Vatican sent months before execution
Mary sent letter begging for her life to Sixtus V It is now among 100 of the most historically significant items due to go on display in Rome She wrote the missive from her prison cell at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire Written in French she asks for forgiveness for her sins but also speaks out against [...] Read more...December 23rd, 2011
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1582 – 4 April 1661) was a Scottish soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish service. Born illegitimate and raised as a foster child, he subsequently advanced to the rank of a Dutch captain, a Swedish Field Marshal, and in Scotland became lord general in command of the Covenanters, privy [...] Read more...December 23rd, 2011
William Laud
Laud was born in a house on Broad Street in Reading, of comparatively lowly origins; his father, also named William, was a cloth merchant (a fact about which Laud was to remain sensitive throughout his career). He was baptised at St Laurence’s Church in Reading.He was educated at Reading School and, through a White Scholarship, [...] Read more...Regular posts
December 23rd, 2011
Covenanter
The Covenanters were a Scottish Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent that of England and Ireland, during the 17th century. Presbyterian denominations tracing their history to the Covenanters and often incorporating the name continue the ideas and traditions in Scotland and internationally. They derive [...] Read more...December 23rd, 2011
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf (born 9 December 1594, died 6 November 1632, O.S.) has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great, (Swedish: Gustav Adolf den store, a formal distinction passed by the Swedish Parliament [...] Read more...December 21st, 2011
James Croft
Sir James Croft PC (c.1518–4 September 1590), Lord Deputy of Ireland and MP for Herefordshire in the Parliament of England. Read more...December 21st, 2011
James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault
James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1516 – 22 January 1575) was a Scottish nobleman. Read more...December 21st, 2011
Articles of Leith
The Articles of Leith were the terms of truce drawn up between the Protestant Lords of the Congregation and Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland and signed on 25 July 1559. This negotiation was a step in the conflict that led to the Scottish Reformation. Although its immediate effect was the withdrawal of Protestant forces [...] Read more...December 20th, 2011
Test Act
The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists. The principle was that none but persons professing the Established Church were eligible for public employment, and the severe penalties pronounced against recusants, whether Catholic or [...] Read more...December 20th, 2011
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