On Monday I blogged about debtors’ prisons, which people often confuse with poorhouses, the subject of today’s cheery blog. Debtors’ prisons and poorhouses were not the same thing, but were equally dismal places.
Poorhouses, or almshouses, existed in England from… Read More
The leader of the Spanish Armada was the Duke of Medina Sidonia. He had never before been to sea, and was seasick for most of the voyage. The Armada was defeated by the British in 1588.