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Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
— Mar 25, 2016 06:47AM
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Jackie
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Allegedly, the longbow is a Welsh invention. Is that so?
— Mar 25, 2016 02:56AM
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Thomas Becket becomes St Thomas, whose shrine is the pilgrims' destination in the Canterbury Tales. Cool!
— Mar 25, 2016 02:25AM
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Harthacanute, King from 1035 to 1042, "died of 'a horrible convulsion' while attending a wedding". Couldn't be more real life Game of Thrones ^^
— Mar 25, 2016 01:17AM
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Jackie
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The title "Prince of Wales" exists since 1282!
— Mar 24, 2016 04:27PM
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Macbeth (1040-1057), apparantly unfairly treated by Shakespeare.
— Mar 24, 2016 03:21PM
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Jackie
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Some more criticism (really sorry about that...), but why are not all the pictures labeled? I mean, who recognizes an aureus (gold coin) struck under the reign of Hadrian, apart from nerds like me (and this, obviously, is a book for everyone, not just nerds)? What does a picture help, without the reader knowing what it depicts?
— Mar 24, 2016 03:05PM
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Jackie
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Oh dear. Maybe, I should just skip the Roman part the next time I read sth similar... No, the Roman Empire wasn't separated by Constantine (but Diocletian). And why did they add, for Claudius and Vespasian (p. 16), the dates they lived (contrary to the dates they ruled, as usual)? For the other emperors mentioned (pp. 18-19), they did add the dates they ruled. And why did they choose a portait of Augustus (p. 17)? I
— Mar 24, 2016 02:41PM
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