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No Such Thing As Tug of War for Clowns
When he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093, St Anselm refused to accept the ceremonial staff. They had to break his fingers to force it into his hand.
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I read this from BBC History Magazine. It's an article by Professor Bjorn Viler from Aberystwyth University. It's about medieval elections that took place around that time. There were always elections for things like…
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Francis Scott Key was on a British ship in the Baltimore Harbor and there was the bombing of Fort McHenry. He was watching as all the bombs went down and so on. It was in the dawn's early light that he saw this massive…
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Francis Scott Key was 35 years old at the time when he was on a British ship in the Baltimore Harbor, and there was the bombing of Fort McHenry. He was watching as all the bombs went down and so on. It was in the dawn's…
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