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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Peterloo Massacre
Fordham University provides the text of a description of the "Peterloo Massacre" of 1819 by 19th century English radical Samuel Bamford in support of some radical efforts to make reforms in 19th century Britain.
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Victorian Web: Methodism
This essay discusses the cultural influence of the Methodist movement. The author theorizes that this factor may have had more impact on England's literary ideas than that of enhancing or neutralizing the revolutionary fervor of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s - 31 December 1384) was an English theologian, translator and reformist. Wycliffe was an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He is considered the founder of the Lollard movement,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s - 31 December 1384) was an English theologian, translator and reformist. Wycliffe was an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He is considered the founder of the Lollard movement,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sculpture of John Wycliffe
A sculpture of John Wycliffe, an English theologian, lay preacher, translator and reformist. Wycliffe was an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. His followers are known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Tyndale
William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall; (c. 1494 - 1536) was a 16th-century Protestant reformer and scholar who translated the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. While a number of partial and complete Old...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bishop John Jewel
John Jewel (May 24, 1522 - September 23, 1571), was an English bishop of Salisbury. Under Elizabeth's succession he returned to England, and made earnest efforts to secure what would now be called a low-church settlement of religion; he...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James E. Oglethorpe
(1696-1785) "English soldier, reformer and colonist, founder of the State of Georgia." -Foster, 1921.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jeremy Bentham
(1748-1832) An English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Noah Webster
An American lexicographer and English spelling reformer. He is famous for his contributions to the Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his...