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Westminster Abbey
- Liber RegalisThe Liber Regalis sits in a library archive, its age marked by conflicting dates. Some historians argue the manuscript was compiled in 1308 for the…
- Westminster AbbeyIn the mid-10th century, a community of Benedictine monks settled on Thorney Island in the River Thames. This location became the site of an abbey dedicated…
- Poets' CornerGeoffrey Chaucer died in 1400 and was buried within the South Transept of Westminster Abbey. His interment there owed more to his job as Clerk of Works for…
- Coronation of Anne BoleynKing Henry VIII had spent over two decades married to Catherine of Aragon without securing a male heir. His only legitimate child was Princess Mary, leaving…