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Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

British Royal Line of Succession

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

African American man praying in church with stained glass in background

Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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Born	1686 • England
Died	April 9, 1761 (aged 75) • England
Subjects Of Study	Christianity • mysticism

Thomas Woolston

English theologian

Hugh Paulin Cressy

English author and editor

William Alabaster

English scholar

Evelyn Underhill

British writer

W. T. Stace

British philosopher

Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life

St. Francis of Assisi

Italian saint

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Spanish saint

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Syrian author

John Locke

English philosopher

Isaac Of Stella

English philosopher and theologian

Brian D. Josephson

British physicist

William Carey

British missionary

Adrian IV

pope

John Toland

Irish-born British author

Augustine Baker

English monk

Whiston, oil painting by an unknown artist after a portrait by Sarah Hoadly, c. 1720; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William Whiston

Anglican priest and mathematician

Julian of Norwich

English mystic

R.C. Zaehner

British historian

Thomas Chubb

British theologian

Edmer

English biographer and historian

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