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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Part II: The Royal Supremacy in the 1530’s
Majesty & Magsterium – the 1530’s Province of Canterbury in Convocation Whether it was a collective loss of nerve or whether it was conviction – the submission of the Convocation of the Clergy of Canterbury in February 1531 was the turning point, … Continue reading
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Traditionalists & Conservatives, today and yesterday
A Real Presence – The Traditionalists & the Eucharistic debate in the English Reformation The abdication of Benedict XVI is a perfect moment to examine the meaning we attach to the notions of traditionalist and conservative in the history of religion. For … Continue reading
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“Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus papam.”
The Conclave and the Next pope: “Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus papam.” The resignation or actually abdication of Pope Benedict XVI means that these words will be spoken on the balcony of St Peter’s basilica in Rome some time shortly after the … Continue reading
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Re: Joyce DiDonato – rejoice greatly…
6 February 2013 Barbican Hall Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens Cesti ‘Intorno all’idol mio’ from Orontea Scarlatti Sinfonia from Tolomeo ed Alessandro Monteverdi ‘Disprezzata regina’ from L’Incoronazione di Poppea Giacomelli ‘Sposa, son disprezzata’ from Merope Vivaldi Concerto for violin and strings RV 242 “per Pisendel” … Continue reading
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National History & National Myths…..
History owns Many Meanings – not all of them are true…. These few pages are devoted to the study of history; to the problems of historical interpretation and to historical method and analysis. History is usually presented to readers as fact leavened into a single … Continue reading
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Marriage – all things being equal
Marriage rights and marriage rites Tonight by 400 votes to 175 the Parliament of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Northern Ireland took an important step along the road to equity between citizens and equality in the expression of … Continue reading
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Facts & Fiction – computers may get dates wrong
Beware the Ides of March….. There is a site on the Web called facts answer. If for example you put in the query what day did Ash Wednesday fall in 1554 it will give you an immediate answer…..in this case 17th February 1554…except it wasn’t … Continue reading
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Gay Marriage
Gay marriage: I declare an interest before anyone outs me…which is more than most of those in the Conservative Party managed to do in the 1980’s and 1990’s when their support of gay rights might actually have made a real … Continue reading
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Part III: The history of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
The reign of Edward VI – Part III The Good Duke; a bad duke & ugly ambition…. 1. The Good Duke…. For the better part of four hundred and fifty years historians have puzzled over the career of … Continue reading
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Queen Mary Tudor’s speech Guildhall 1554
Mary the Queen to the Lord Mayor & sundry citizens of London, Her Majesty’s speech given at Guildhall, on the eve of Candlemas The first day of February, Anno Domini 1554, being the first of her reign: There is some debate about … Continue reading
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