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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1087

The Price of Treachery

A Danish soldier in the seventeenth century imposes the severest sentence he can think of.

1088

The First Easter

In a translation from the Authorized Version of the Bible, published in 1611, St Mark recounts the discovery of Christ’s empty tomb.

1089

Pangur Bán

A 9th century Irish monk scribbled some verses about a beloved cat into his copy book.

1090

Rebel Rugby

The Nazi-collaborating Vichy government in France paid Rugby League the supreme compliment: they banned it.

1091

Rugby League

The less glamorous code of Rugby football, but the best for sheer speed and strength.

1092

Tamed by Wisdom, Freed by Grace

Abbot Elfric expounds a Palm Sunday text to explain how Christianity combines orderly behaviour with intelligent and genuine liberty.