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... England Englishmen of the sixteenth century thought of themselves as belonging to a commonwealth , in which the common weal - well- being , prosperity of all members - was realized . The commonwealth . was an aspect of the sacral ...
... England Englishmen of the sixteenth century thought of themselves as belonging to a commonwealth , in which the common weal - well- being , prosperity of all members - was realized . The commonwealth . was an aspect of the sacral ...
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... England . Their interpretations of scripture and ' prophesyings ' were looked on with disfavour by authority . On a wider front affairs of Church and state could not be so peaceably resolved . The neighbours of England were Scotland and ...
... England . Their interpretations of scripture and ' prophesyings ' were looked on with disfavour by authority . On a wider front affairs of Church and state could not be so peaceably resolved . The neighbours of England were Scotland and ...
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... England and its Queen Ireland was ' part of Britayne by right ' , by conquest and treaty of long standing . ' When the Kings of England conquered all the realme they there by assumed and invested all the right of that land to theyr ...
... England and its Queen Ireland was ' part of Britayne by right ' , by conquest and treaty of long standing . ' When the Kings of England conquered all the realme they there by assumed and invested all the right of that land to theyr ...
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