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Protestant Reformation
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In the Toll Booth, Margaret knelt down to pray. Even now they could not leave her in peace, but - after all that had happened! - bade her to pray and they would pray with her. To consent would have been taken as a surrender of all for which she was giving her life. It was no time to mince words, so she answered roundly: "I will not pray with you, nor shall you pray with me; neither will I say Amen to your prayers, nor shall you to mine." What fellowship has light with darkness?
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― St. Margaret Clitherow, c. 1553-1586
― St. Margaret Clitherow, c. 1553-1586
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During a sinister interchange between one of the little princes and his wicked uncle, Richard III, the prince wonders how truth is passed down the ages - whether through the written or the spoken word (3.1.75-83). The prince believes, he says innocently, that the history of the Tower of London - a choice of subject never far from the minds of English Catholics - would survive simply by word of mouth, even if it were never written down. The little prince has stepped into dangerous territory. He i
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― Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
― Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
