Episode 154: English Equality
The History of English Podcast
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The Book of Common Prayer
The mid 15 hundreds was period of soaring inflation in england, caused in part by the debasing of the coinage. It was also a period when the overall population of england was exploding. And there were those religious divisions caused by the new rules against catholicism. Then in the following year, 15 forty nine, all hell broke loose - and it began with a book that was designed to keep hell at bay. The book known as the book of common prayer.
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