... reveals for the first time how Westminster Abbey lay at the religious and ceremonial heart of the interregnum regimes, while its daughter church of St Margaret’s only began its special relationship with the House of Commons in these years. Not only is Westminster shown to have served as the daily...

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... body before transporting it to the East African coast. From there, his remains were shipped to Britain where he was granted a national funeral in Westminster Abbey. The circumstances of Livingstone’s death took on sensational proportions in the contemporary press. He was venerated in a profusion...