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Monday, January 30, 2012

30 January 1030 He Was Just Glad He Made It Through Y1k

Richard Coeur de Lion (Richard the Lionheart): Troubadours & Trouvères in the Courts of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Marie de Champagne & Geoffroy, Duke of Brittany - Alla Francesca30 January 1030 – Death of William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)

Listen to some of the music his family produced with Richard Coeur de Lion (Richard the Lionheart): Troubadours & Trouvères in the Courts of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Marie de Champagne & Geoffroy, Duke of Brittany - Alla Francesca.

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

29 January 904 How Can You Be a Pope and Also Anti Pope?

The Antipope (Brentford Trilogy)29 January 904 – Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

Read about one antipope  in Robert Rankin's The Antipope (Brentford Trilogy) .

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

28 January 1547 A Long History of Luck with Kid Rulers...

The Prince and the Pauper - Literary Touchstone Classic28 January 1547 – Henry VIII dies.  His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.

Remember how you loved it as a kid?  Read it again!  Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper - Literary Touchstone Classic.

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