by David West | Feb 5, 2025 | News
On the 5th of February 1428 King Alfonso V ordered Sicily’s Jews to attend conversion sermons. Yet he was, for the time, relatively supportive towards his Jewish subjects. King Alfonso V of Aragon, also known as Alfonso the Magnanimous, was a prominent figure of the...
by David West | Feb 4, 2025 | News
On 4th February 1555 John Rogers, a reformer and bible translator, was the first Protestant to be burnt at the stake at Smithfield by Queen Mary I, Bloody Mary, as she has come to be known. I have finished reading A Woman of Noble Wit, by Rosemary Griggs, and posted a...
by David West | Feb 3, 2025 | News
On the 3rd of February 1576 Henry of Navarre escaped from Paris. Henry of Navarre’s escape from Paris is a tale of political intrigue, religious conflict, and remarkable cunning during a time of turmoil in France. Henry, a Protestant (Huguenot) leader and heir to the...
by David West | Feb 2, 2025 | News
On the 2nd February 1550 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, was released from imprisonment in the Tower of London. Edward Seymour is a character in the book I am nearing the end of reading, A Woman of Noble Wit by Rosemary Griggs. Rosemary is...
by David West | Feb 1, 2025 | News
On 1st February 1587 Queen Elizabeth I signed the death warrant for her cousin Mary Queen of Scots. Mary, a figure steeped in tragedy and intrigue, was born in December 1542 and became queen when she was just six days old. Her tumultuous life was marked by political...
