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Cicero warns those who seek power through civic unrest that they will never be the beneficiaries of it.
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By Edward Altham (1629–1694), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Peter foretold that King John would cease to be England’s sovereign, and he was right, though John still wore his crown.
From the Bayeux Tapestry, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
William the Conqueror’s chaplain used to tell this story to those who doubted his master’s claim to the English crown.
By Jean Froissart (1337-1410), Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
In 1381, young King Richard II was faced with a popular uprising against tax rises.
© Peter Jeffery, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jack Cade brought a protest to London with right on his side, but then threw it all away.
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When the Reformers sold off the treasures of Durham Cathedral, they sold a priceless piece of Scottish history into oblivion.
From the Tyne and Wear Archives. Public domain.
... I heard John Wesley sing. A visitor on the quayside on Sunday May 30th, 1742, would have stumbled into a crowd agape and a determined clergyman singing psalms.