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Boconnoc Parish Church has no known dedication, possibly starting out as a post-conquest manorial church, albeit one with a Celtic cross in the churchyard.

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The empire in the eighth and early ninth centuries was riven by internal discord, mainly driven by external pressures, especially the constant threat of complete conquest by the Islamic empire, but also by the formation of new states in Europe.

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Nicephorus, the former finance minister, led a coup in 802 which removed Empress Irene from power, after which he engaged in military campaigns against the Islamic empire and the Bulgarians.

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In Sandgate in Kent, a short way to the west of the modern town of Folkestone, Henry VIII Tudor ordered this castle to be built to a design by Stefan von Haschenperg.

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The Isaurian dynasty succeeded a short period of semi-anarchy, with the empire's organisation visibly breaking up and with both empire and Constantinople being neglected and decaying.

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