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Tilbury Fort is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England, built by King Henry VIII to secure it against France. It was later reinforced over concerns of invasion by the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The Cumberland lakes are part of the Lake District, a mountainous region on the border of Scotland and England.

Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England. Woolwich was also originally a town in Kent. Greenwich is an area of south east London, England, near Charing Cross.

Matlock is a county town in Derbyshire, just to the north of Matlock Bath, a former spa town.

Derby, England is a city lying on the banks of the River Derwent, Derbyshire.

Victor's decision to tour the English countryside, rather than take the fastest road to Edinburgh, affords his party the chance to compare English geography to Europe's and they do so it considerable detail, beginning with this comparison of the country around Matlock to Switzerland. Matlock was south of the industrial cities of Manchester and Leeds, but it is on the way to the Lake District in Victor's northern tour.

A Spanish fleet of about 130 ships. It sailed in late May 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina, with the mission of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. The aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and Protestantism in England.

Victor refers to the Great Masson Caverns on the Heights of Abraham above Matlock Bath.

Excited that I got to see the exhibition!

"A county of south-eastern England, one of the Home Counties; county town, Hertford" (OED).

"A county of the south-eastern coast of England; county town, Maidstone" (OED). .jpg&action=MediaGallery)

Fictional estate of Lady Catherine located in Kent, near Hunsford Parsonage.

Image of the set of the 1995 BBC version of Pride & Prejudice.

"The church house provided for a rector...the house of any beneficed member of the clergy of the Church of England; the residence of any minister of religion" (OED).

This blog post from the Copyright Licensing Agency based in England explains the main concerns surrounding copyright in college and education settings.

The "Norman yoke" was a term English nationalists in the middle of the 17th century used to describe oppressive elements of feudalism introduced by William the Conqueror.

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This is the story of 16th century Europe, and the political earthquake that was protestantism. The overarching historical narrative unfolds around the lives of fictional characters who might have lived in this historic period.

Follett's literary reenactment explores the intricacies of the Protestant Reformation through a cast of strategically diverse characters, whose stories span across multiple continents, nations, and cities. Each character is an important harbinger of larger historical trends. Within the masterfully established geo-political reality, each of their decisions serve to gradually reveal their distinct personalities and temperaments, belief systems and ideologies, and cultural identities.

Reminiscent of our current geo-political climate. The extended cycles of history.

Think: Daenerys Targaryen

The English constitution is not one written document, but rather a series of laws, practices and agreements. Paine is most likely referring to the 1689 Bill of Rights, which established the supremacy of Parliament over the monarch during the Glorious Revolution, which deposed King James II and put in his place his daughter Mary and her husband, William of Orange. For more on the British constitution, check out this article from the British Library. The Bill of Rights being presented to William and Mary

The House of Commons is the lower house of the British Parliament. Members of the Commons were elected. Over the course of the eighteenth century, the House of Commons gained more and more power. Chamber of the House of Commons, Westminster Palace, London

England had a class of nobles, also called peers, who owned vast tracts of land and inherited titles of nobility (Duke, Lord, etc.). The monarch can create new peers, and members of the peerage are entitled to seats in the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. The House of Lords

This may have been a starting point for the colonists wanting their independence.

Could the colonies have declined to take part in these acts or did they feel they needed to keep close ties with England?