by Helen Kain | Jul 3, 2026 | Act III - The Stress Test, Fascinating People, FP Act III — The Stress Test
Most revolutions begin long before anyone realizes one has started. John Wycliffe never led an army or overthrew a king. He never saw the Reformation that would transform Europe more than a century after his death. Yet many of the questions he asked would eventually...
by Helen Kain | Jul 3, 2026 | Act III - The Stress Test, Fascinating People, FP Act III — The Stress Test
History is often kinder to victors than to survivors. Margaret of Anjou was neither. For centuries she has appeared in English history as a controversial figure: ambitious, combative, and unwilling to accept defeat. To some contemporaries she was a dangerous woman who...
by Helen Kain | Jul 3, 2026 | Act III - The Stress Test, Fascinating People, FP Act III — The Stress Test
History remembers Richard II in two very different ways. One is the brave fourteen-year-old king who rode out to confront the rebels during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 and helped prevent a kingdom from descending into chaos. The other is the deposed monarch...
by Helen Kain | Jul 3, 2026 | Act III - The Stress Test, Carousel Fascinating People, Fascinating People, FP Act III — The Stress Test, Medieval (1066–1485)
Visitors entering Leicester Cathedral often pause near a simple stone tomb set into the floor of the choir. The inscription bears only a name: Richard III. For centuries Richard’s reputation has been anything but simple. Few English monarchs have inspired such...
by Helen Kain | Jul 3, 2026 | Act III - The Stress Test, Carousel Fascinating People, Fascinating People, FP Act III — The Stress Test, Medieval (1066–1485)
At Warwick Castle the past occasionally interrupts the present. During our visit, one of the guides suddenly shouted across the courtyard: “A Warwick! A Warwick!!” Another voice answered the call, and within seconds two figures were racing up the castle walls,...
by Helen Kain | Jul 3, 2026 | Act III - The Stress Test, Fascinating People, FP Act III — The Stress Test
History often remembers revolts for their drama, and the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 certainly provided plenty of that. Crowds marched on London. Government officials were attacked. The young Richard II confronted the rebels in person. Wat Tyler, one of the...
