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What's in a Sex? Understanding the Sexual in Early Modern England

Annie Martirosyan | Posted 02.06.2013 | UK
Read More: Sex, Sexual History, Queer Theory, John Donne, Early Modern England, UK Culture, Shakespeare, John Milton, John Ford, Sexuality, English History, UK News
Annie Martirosyan

With all the exposure that the Internet provides, "sex" is as mundane a word today as "bread" and "water". Mind, I say *word*. It is remarkably absent from the language until the very sunrise of the 20th Century.

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Richard III: Top 10 Facts About The Last Yorkist King Of England

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK
Read More: University of Leicester, History, Richard III, UK News, Royal Family, Archaeology, English History, UK News

He was born on 2 October 1452 in Northamptonshire. His early years were dominated by the Wars of the Roses, which his father, Richard Plantagenet, Duk...

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POLL: Who Should Be England's Patron Saint?

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Saint George, Patron Saints, William Shakespeare, St George's Day, Poll, Vote, Saints, Stephen Fry, Comedy Votes, Pics & Giggles, British History, Saint George's Day, Cheryl Cole, Comedy Polls, St George, English History, UK Comedy News

Horrible Histories' Greg Jenner has recently put forward a very decent case against St George being the patron saint of England. As he says, ol' Geor...

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