CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
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November 16: Margaret of Scotland
Margaret is one of those remarkable people who are worth studying not only for their own life history, but also for the influence they had on later generations. She was born in Hungary around 1045 while her father, Edward, was in exile. Her family eventually returned to England, and her brother Edgar was declared King…
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November 12: The World Wide Web
In 1984, Timothy Berners-Lee, who had worked at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) as an intern in 1980, returned as a Fellow. He worked to improved CERN’s connectivity to the Internet, and by 1989, it was the largest node in Europe, used by hundreds of scientists worldwide to exchange experimental data, theories, and…
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November 10: Leo the Great
Today is the feast of Pope Leo I, the first pope called “the Great”. Leo’s accomplishments span both the secular and spiritual worlds he helped govern. His negotiating skills must have been prodigious. As a deacon and archdeacon, he served Popes Celestine I and Sixtus III as well as Emperor Valentine III, settling disputes over…