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October 23, 1642

What provoked the English Civil War? How did the colonization of North America compound tensions between Catholics and Protestants? This final Newscast discusses these and other major stories of the day, such as morality to witch trials and the backlash to Galileo's theory that the sun is the center of the universe. William Shakespeare is eulogized.

English
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Network PBS
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