John studied canon law in Padua before returning to Prague, where he was a respected vicar priest at St Giles’ Cathedral, close to Male Namesti. At that time, most of modern-day Czechia was located in ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his ...

King John was king of England from 1199 to 1216. He is often remembered as a cruel and power-hungry king whose reign ended in the middle of a disastrous civil war with the barons of England.

The Wars of Independence. King John Balliol. Have you ever been bullied? When somebody expects you to do what they want? Even Kings get bullied - by other Kings. It takes real bravery to stand up ...

In the late 1800s, the area now known as Carlsbad was a quiet, undeveloped stretch of land. But in 1882, everything changed ...

The embalmed body of Prince John of Eltham was buried in Westminster Abbey on 13th January 1337. He was born at Eltham manor in Kent in August 1316 and took his surname from his birthplace. He was the ...

Bohemia was a key battleground for noble and ... 1393 – 1394: Rebellion Against Wenceslaus IV 1393 – The murder of John of Nepomuk, vicar-general of Prague, by Wenceslaus IV's officials ...

Although a handsome, cultured man he was not a successful ruler and he was deposed as king and imprisoned in 1399 by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (who became Henry IV), son of John of Gaunt, Duke of ...

John Brown is born in Torrington, Connecticut. His father, Owen, a strict Calvinist, hated slavery and believed that holding humans in bondage was a sin against God. 1812 The War of 1812: A 12 ...

To spend some time, she and her cohorts in the carriage sang a few of the war songs so popular those days, among them, "John Brown's Body," which contained the provocative words, "John Brown's ...

The festival includes literary discussions, writer workshops, walking tours, music and culinary events, and of course theater ...