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91Catherine of Braganza — Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort name =Catherine of Braganza title = Queen consort of England, Ireland and Scotland caption =Portrait by Dirck Stoop, c. 1660 61 reign =23 April 1662 – 6 February 1685 spouse = Charles II full name… …
92Taig — (also Teague, Teg and Teig) is a derogatory term for a Catholic.Rarely heard outside Ireland, Scotland and Minnesota, taig is the most vitriolic slur word in use against Catholics and has been used by some loyalists in Northern Ireland in slogans …
93Cavalier Parliament — The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from May 8, 1661 until January 24, 1679. It followed the Convention Parliament. It endured for over 17 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England. Like its predecessor Parliament of… …
94William Sacheverell — (1638 ndash; October 9, 1691), was an English statesman.He was the son of Henry Sacheverell, a country gentleman. His family had been prominent in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire since the 12th century, the name appearing as Sent Cheveroll in the… …
95Irish poetry — The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work… …
96Rye House Plot — The Rye House Plot of 1683 was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother (and heir to the throne) James, Duke of York. Historians vary in their assessment of the degree to which details of the conspiracy were… …
97Tom Bradley (author) — Tom Bradley is an American novelist, essayist and writer of short stories. He is the author of The Sam Edwine Pentateuch [ [http://s232745871.onlinehome.us/corpse/archives/issue 14/poetick kulchur/johan.html Exquisite Corpse A Journal of Letters… …
98Absalom and Achitophel — is a landmark poetic political satire by John Dryden. The poem exists in two parts. The first part, of 1681, is undoubtedly by Dryden. The second part, of 1682, was written by another hand, most likely Nahum Tate, except for a few passages… …
99Chidiock Tichborne — Chidiock (Charles) Tichborne (1563 – 20 September 1586) is remembered as an English conspirator and poet. Contents 1 Biography 2 Tichborne s Elegy 2.1 Critical Appreciation 3 …
100Succession to the British throne — is governed both by common law and statute. Under common law the crown is passed on by male preference primogeniture.Bogdanor, p. 42] In other words, an individual s male children are preferred over his or her female children, and an older child… …
