The events in the City of London during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I focusing on the years 1529-1558 when the largest number of burnings occurred in West Smithfield. Continue reading “The City of London’s role as the ‘Secular Arm’ in the burning of heretics””
Category: Religion
St Paul’s and the City before 1300
An account of the development of St Paul’s in the early centuries, from 604 to 1300. St Paul’s was a major focal point in the life of the City and a meeting place of the folkmoot, a political and judicial institution which faded away by 1300. Continue reading “St Paul’s and the City before 1300”