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Latimer, Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Latimer, HughLatimer, Hughlătˈəmər [key], 1485?–1555, English bishop and Protestant martyr. Latimer was educated at Cambridge, entered the church, and came under the influence of the…

Tancred, king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Tancred (Tancred of Lecce)Tancredtăngˈkrĭd;, lĕˈchā [key], b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190–94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily.…

Roses, Wars of the

(Encyclopedia) Roses, Wars of the, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle (1455–85) for the throne of England between the noble houses of York (whose badge was a white rose) and…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act V

Act VScene ILondon. The palaceSennet. Enter King Henry VI, Gloucester, and ExeterKing Henry VIHave you perused the letters from the pope, The emperor and the Earl of Armagnac?GloucesterI have…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act I

Act IScene ILondon. The Parliament-houseAlarum. Enter York, Edward, Richard, Norfolk, Montague, Warwick, and SoldiersWarwickI wonder how the king escaped our hands.YorkWhile we pursued the…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act V

Act VScene ICoventryEnter Warwick, the Mayor of Coventry, two Messengers, and others upon the wallsWarwickWhere is the post that came from valiant Oxford? How far hence is thy lord, mine…