The belief was that God would intervene to protect Savonarola from the flames, but he and his opponents squabbled for so long that a rainstorm eventually led to the cancellation of the event.
Abbot Robert Fuller surrendered the abbey and its property on 23 March 1540, and within just a few years all the buildings except for the parish nave had been demolished or had collapsed due to neglect.
Cranmer’s execution in 1556 for heresy was intended to act as way to discredit Protestantism.
The Knights Templar was formally abolished by Pope Clement V, but Molay’s execution secured his place as one of the Order’s most famous members.
The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 April.
John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake.
Relations between Catholicism and Judaism cover a long, complex and violent history in which Christians revered the Jewish scriptures yet held Jews collectively responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus.
The Treaty of Granada ended the Granada War and brought about the end of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.
However, the plot was revealed in an anonymous letter and Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder.
The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.
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