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1831
The Signing of the Great Charter Clay Lane

King John promised his nobles respect, but he was not a man to regard his word as his bond.

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1832
The Silent Hall The Exeter Book

An unknown Anglo-Saxon poet shares with us the grief of those whose homes and feast-halls were laid waste by Viking raiders.

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1833
The Siren ‘Greatness’

In encouraging women into music, Alice Mary Smith thought promises of ‘greatness’ counterproductive.

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1834
The Six Labours of Theseus E. M. Berens

Young Theseus sets out for Athens on foot to claim his kingdom, but the road is infested with giants, bandits and a savage sow.

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1835
The Six Leaps of Faith Cynewulf

The eighth-century English bishop and poet Cynewulf explores a prophecy from the Song of Solomon.

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1836
The Small Compass Jeremy Bentham

The role of government in a nation’s prosperity is important but limited.

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