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Hideyoshi Changes His Mind Joseph Longford

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Chancellor of the Realm and Imperial Regent of Japan, was inclined to encourage Christianity until he found out why European Powers were so keen on it.

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High Beneath Heaven’s Roof Cynewulf

The Cross of Christ speaks, and tells of the amazing transformation from sign of shame to sign of redemption.

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His Bright Nativity Cynewulf

Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf wonders at the mystery of the Bethlehem manger, where all the light of heaven was shining.

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Home, Sweet Home Alexis de Tocqueville

French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville visited the USA in the 1830s, and found a degree of contentment that he rarely found in Europe.

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Home Thoughts from the Sea Robert Browning

Robert Browning, aboard ship in sight of Gibraltar, reflects on the momentous events in British history that have happened nearby.

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Homeward Bound St Adamnán

The monks of the monastery on Iona are all keeping the same secret from one another.

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