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Richard III was king of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
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Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painted by the Italian Renaissance painter, Leonardo da Vinci. It is described as the most known, most visited, most sung about, and most parodied work of art in the world.
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Utopia is a fictional, social-political satire by Thomas More. It is primarily about fictional island society and and religious, social, political customs.
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The first Act of Supremacy was passed on 3 November 1534 by the Parliament of England. It granted King Henry VIII of England and subsequent monarchs Royal Supremacy, such that he was declared the supreme head of the Church of England. Royal Supremacy is specifically used to describe the legal sovereignty of the civil laws over the laws of the Church in England.
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Elizabeth I was queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.
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William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, named the greatest writer in English language.
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The Glove Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was destroyed by fire on 1613.
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King Lear was a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth was also written by Shakespeare and is dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.
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The first English settlement in North America started as a business venture to sell raw materials back to England. It was founded by the London company in 1607 for the purposes of making profits
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Shakespeare's sonnets include 154 sonnets that cover themes such as passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality. The last 26 sonnets are to a special woman.
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King James Bible (KJB) is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England which begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.
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The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, on 6 September 1620 and arrived at Cape Cod on 9 November 1620, after a 66 day voyage.The Mayflower was hired in London, and sailed from London to Southampton in July 1620 to begin loading food and supplies for the voyage--much of which was purchased at Southampton.
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The very first British newspaper was sold for a penny. These newspapers contain a lot of information as well as rumors. They also come with pamphlets, posters, and ballads.
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.
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It began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under the Stuart King Charles II. The term Restoration is used to describe both the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and the period of several years afterwards in which a new political settlement was established.
