. Historical portraits ... S c2o - > 25 M < _ o 3. oa —3 O 2 ■=! o < QZO r- r\ o< «5 o •Si n w DO o o o ^ = ■3 U O Sp ^ .< MARGARET BEAUFORT 103 her foundation of the two Colleges of Christs and St. Johns atCambridge, and of the Lady Margaret professorships of Divinityat both Universities. She was instigated to these foundations bythe advice of John Fisher, afterwards Bishop of Rochester, one ofthe glories, as indeed Margaret herself also was, of Renaissancelearning in England. Margaret was an ardent patron of theEarly English Press, and her grandson Henry VIIIs love of learn-in

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. Historical portraits ... S c2o - > 25 M < _ o 3. oa —3 O 2 ■=! o < QZO r- r\ o< «5 o •Si n w DO o o o ^ = ■3 U O Sp ^ .< MARGARET BEAUFORT 103 her foundation of the two Colleges of Christs and St. Johns atCambridge, and of the Lady Margaret professorships of Divinityat both Universities. She was instigated to these foundations bythe advice of John Fisher, afterwards Bishop of Rochester, one ofthe glories, as indeed Margaret herself also was, of Renaissancelearning in England. Margaret was an ardent patron of theEarly English Press, and her grandson Henry VIIIs love of learn-ing and books was no doubt a direct inheritance from her. I04 ELIZABETH OF YORK (1465-1503) Queen of Henry VII, the eldest child of Edward IV and ElizabethWoodville, was born at Westminster. The first marriage that wasarranged for her was with George Neville, but, when the Nevillefamily deserted Edwards cause, this was broken off, and in 1475she was solemnly promised to the Dauphin of France. Thethought of this splendid alliance was no doubt one

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