Mononucleosis, commonly known as mono is a horrible little virus that generally afflicts teens and young adults. Children can get it, but the symptoms are often mild to nonexistent and adults have in all likelihood already built up immunities. Mono is characterized by an intense feeling of weakness and a lack of will to do […]
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As Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding day approaches, the media has speculated about her dress and possible famous guests who will witness the nuptials. Kate endures constant comparisons to Williams beloved late mother Princess Diana, whose popularity still flourishes 13 years after her death. Though William and Kate are the royal couple of the […]
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Every year, the Anglican Church celebrates the life of Sir Thomas More with an official feast day on his birthday, the 7th of February. The Roman Catholic Church does the same thing on the 22nd of June.1 Why is this man venerated by Protestants and Catholics alike? Sir Thomas More has become Saint Thomas More […]
In 1620, the Pilgrims landed in America at Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. They sought their religious freedom when they sailed on the Mayflower to establish Plymouth Colony. Seems hard to believe that their landing connected with the six wives of King Henry VIII, but it did. The English Reformation period started with […]
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King Henry VIII, born a year before Columbus’ journey to America, was a leader of the Protestant Reformation. A Note on Ancestry Ancestry during Henry’s day was critical in Europe. Succession fights over the rights to the crown were quite common; democracy was still in the nascent stages in Europe, though some institutions had developed. […]