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In the annals of world history, there are a handful of prisons whose very names are guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine. Alcatraz is one, Devil’s Island another. But even these can’t hold a candle to the most notorious prison of them all. We’re talking, of course, about the Tower of London.
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Source/Further reading:
(Quick overview, lots of stories): www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/anne-boleyn-guy-fawkes-and-the-princes-a-brief-history-of-the-tower-of-london/#targetText=The%20Tower%20of%20London%20was,subdue%20the%20inhabitants%20of%20London.
www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/tower-of-london
www.britain-magazine.com/carousel/history-of-the-tower-of-london/
A history of the Tower menagerie: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/09/22/rare-beasts-birds-calaboose/
Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot: www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-guy-fawkes
Some technical details: www.britannica.com/topic/Tower-of-London
Ranulf Flambard: www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/history/prince-bishops/early-bishops/ranulf-flambard
→ Subscribe for new videos two times per week.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1
Our sister channels:
Biographics - www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
TopTenz - www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/
Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net
Source/Further reading:
(Quick overview, lots of stories): www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/anne-boleyn-guy-fawkes-and-the-princes-a-brief-history-of-the-tower-of-london/#targetText=The%20Tower%20of%20London%20was,subdue%20the%20inhabitants%20of%20London.
www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/tower-of-london
www.britain-magazine.com/carousel/history-of-the-tower-of-london/
A history of the Tower menagerie: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/09/22/rare-beasts-birds-calaboose/
Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot: www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-guy-fawkes
Some technical details: www.britannica.com/topic/Tower-of-London
Ranulf Flambard: www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/history/prince-bishops/early-bishops/ranulf-flambard