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Stuart Era

Stuart Era The Georgian Era 

Boston’s 17th-Century Burying Grounds

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 David James American Colonies, United States

The Grim Reaper made frequent visits to colonial Boston. Disease and the difficulties of childbirth sent many men, women, and children

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Stuart Era The Georgian Era 

Versailles: the Grandest Palace of Them All

October 27, 2016October 29, 2016 David James France, Palaces

King Louis XIV was so proud of Versailles that he would often give tours to visiting dignitaries himself and even

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Stuart Era 

The 17th-Century Hampton Court Beauties

September 27, 2016August 12, 2017 David James 17th century, Ladies, portraits

Depicting the most glamorous ladies from the court of King William III and Queen Mary II, the Hampton Court Beauties

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General Medieval Era Stuart Era 

On this day in History: Joan of Arc and Captain Kidd

May 23, 2016September 2, 2016 David James famous women, Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc, On this day, Pirates

Two fateful events that happened on this day in history. Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians at the

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Stuart Era 

When is a Night Watch not a Night Watch? When it’s Rembrandt’s most famous painting.

February 18, 2016May 15, 2017 David James Dutch Golden Age, paintings, the Netherlands

Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch’ is arguably the most famous painting in the Netherlands. It was painted in 1642, during the

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Stuart Era 

Happy Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015November 23, 2017 David James

For millennia people have given thanks for a good harvest with special ceremonies. The Thanksgiving tradition in North America—the fourth Thursday

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Stuart Era 

The Execution of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters – Hanged, Drawn and Quartered

November 5, 2015November 4, 2016 David James

The Sinister Plot In 1605, a group of rural English Catholics from England’s heartlands banded together to hatch a plot to

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Stuart Era 

Heads Will Roll – The Beheading of Charles I

June 15, 2015May 18, 2017 David James Beheading, Charles I, Executions, Monarchy, Royalty

There was a chill breeze blowing as Charles stepped out onto the execution scaffold on that cold, gray afternoon of

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  • Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy
  • Jane Austen's Persuasion
  • Downton Abbey
  • Jane Austen's favorite: Mansfield Park
  • Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, and Alan Rickman
  • Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady
  • Colin Firth as Mr Darcy
  • On this day in History: Joan of Arc and Captain Kidd
  • The Execution of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters – Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
  • 30 Beautiful Paintings by Berthe Morisot

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