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Há 1 dia · In the British Library, there is a manuscript of the 15th-century French-Italian poet Christine de Pizan. De Pizan wrote The Book of the City of Ladies which imagines a city where women could be safe from men to pursue their own aims. On the title page is a doodle. There’s a chance it was done by Cavendish herself: she and William owned this ...
Há 4 dias · Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, died July 26, 1691, and, having no male issue, that title became extinct in the male line of the family; but John Hollis, Earl of Clare, who had married Margaret, his third daughter, having advanced the Revolution with great zeal, was promoted, in consequence of his services to the house of Orange, to the dignity of Marquis of Clare, and Duke of ...
Há 3 dias · May 26, 2024. In the firmament of 17th century England, one woman shone like a blazing star, illuminating the worlds of literature, philosophy, and science with her brilliant mind and unconventional spirit. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), was a true luminary of her age, a prolific writer whose works challenged the gender ...
Há 6 dias · Footnotes. 1.Grey and Bourne think that this field was called the Warden's Close because it belonged to the wardens of the priory of Tynemouth; but Brand imagines it is a corruption of Wardell's Close, the sirname of some former lessee, and, in corroboration of this opinion, quotes from the writings in the town's hutch, "a lease of Wardell's Close, made to Christopher Blunt," in 1565.
21 de mai. de 2024 · Thomlinson, D. D. prebendary of St. Paul's, Lond. rector of this parish 36 years, and sometime lecturer of St. Nicholas in Newcastle upon Tine. He died 24th of March, 1747, aged 79 years. Reader, if thou wouldst know the character of ye deceased, learn it from the following account of his pious munificence and charity.
Há 17 horas · William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle: 1593–1676 1650 Later Duke of Newcastle 451 James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose: 1612–1650 1650 Not Installed 452 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby: 1607–1651 1650 Not Installed 453 George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol: 1612–1677 1653 454 Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester: 1640–1660 1653 Not ...
3 de mai. de 2024 · 1 Early life. 2 Early career: 1741–1756. 3 Prime Minister: 1756–1757. 4 Lord Chamberlain: 1757–1762. 5 ...
