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Dr Josephine Wilkinson received a First Class Honours degree from the University of Newcastle. She was the winner of the Third Year Prize for her work on The Little Apocalypse, which placed Mark chapter 13 into its historical context, and the Jewish Studies Prize for her historical study of the community at Qumran. She remained at Newcastle, earning an MPhil for her thesis on the historical John the Baptist (as close to a biography as is possible to do); her PhD traced historical traditions and legends of John the Baptist across several cultures as well as art, literature and film.

She was a scholar-in-residence at Gladstone's Library in Hawarden (formerly St Deiniol's Library), Britain's only residential library. This was founded in 1898 by ...more

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How Old was Katherine Howard?

The question of when Katherine Howard was born has long exercised scholars. The answer is vital as it helps us to understand how old she was at the time of her marriage to Henry VIII in 1540 and her execution in 1542 and, in turn, to help us better understand Katherine and what happened to her. Knowing how old - or how young - she really was is essential in appreciating more fully the treatmen Read more of this blog post »

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	Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII's Mistress 4.10 avg rating — 3,409 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen 3.92 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis XIV: The Power and the Glory 3.64 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Early Loves of Anne Boleyn 3.82 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princes in the Tower 3.53 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard: The Young King To Be (Richard III, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the Iron Mask: The True Story of Europe's Most Famous Prisoner 3.22 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John the Baptist: His Life and Afterlife 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John the Baptist: A Life and Death really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pets at Home (Dean's Rag Book) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In Ant. 18.116–119, Josephus makes no mention of the setting of John’s mission, saying only that John was executed at Machaerus. Herod’s fortress-palace, the ruins of which still stand, was situated in Peraea. It was less than fourteen kilometres south east of the Jordan River and so it comes within the general area suggested by the”
― Josephine Wilkinson, John the Baptist: A Life and Death

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“Josephus clearly regards the unnamed prophets as false. He compares them with the Sicarii, a splinter activist group who arose during Felix’s time. Josephus considers the false prophets to be more dangerous than these people. As”
― Josephine Wilkinson, John the Baptist: A Life and Death

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“Josephus mentions a certain Jeshua, son of Ananias, who roamed the streets of Jerusalem and preached a message of doom against the Jewish aristocracy and the Temple (War 6.300-309).”
― Josephine Wilkinson, John the Baptist: A Life and Death

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