Medieval Origins of Coronations
Gone Medieval
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The History of Our Early Modern Ancestors
Professor Susanne Lipscomb tries to make sense of everything that baffled our early modern ancestors. Would Henry VIII ever consider executing his wife? The Queen of England? Anne Boleyn. And why do men grow beards? During puberty the male body heats up and a smoke rises in the body pushes out the hair in the face so the beard is actually a form of excrement.
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