The Crown Jewels in 1671 consisted of several pieces from the pre-Civil War collection. Introduction Colonel Thomas...
England
The ‘Roundheads’ (Parliamentarians) and ‘Cavaliers’ (Royalists) clashed in over 600 bloody battles and sieges. Introduction Cavalry regiments...
Regiments were rarely at full strength, and a force of 500-700 men was more typical. Introduction Musketeers...
Both armies had artillery units, but the number of cannons at any given battle or siege varied....
In 1860 the price increased and the Beetons directed their journal to a wealthier readership. Introduction In...
These conflicts were concerned with how the three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland should be governed....
The medieval county court eventually took on the task of selecting knights of the shire to sit...
It now proposes new crimes that could criminalize almost any protestor and give police broad powers. Introduction...
The force consisted of around 68,000 men at its peak in the early 1650s. Introduction The New Model...
Wealthy villeins increased in number, and it could come as a nasty shock when some rival or...
Doomsday, 1433. In York, after dark. By James Williford A red curtain. Painted stars. Actors in hoses,...
Politics and the running of the government were limited to a small number of wealthy people. Radicals...
Codes and moles were used to ensure Queen Elizabeth’s longevity and continued to progress. Codes and Ciphers...
Londinium was established as a civilian town by the Romans about four years after the invasion of...
Established by the Romans in the 1st century AD, the edge of the river has always been...
Bonfires were lit on the night of November 5th to celebrate the failure of the plot, and...
The earliest written evidence for the Britons is from Greco-Roman writers and dates to the Iron Age....
The British – who invented impeachment – decided it no longer served its purpose and found more...
How the coffeehouse came to occupy a central place in 17th and 18th-century English culture and commerce....
The house sat for 148 days over a period of seven years during the investigation after his...
Starting from the reader rather than the text allows a new picture of nineteenth-century reading to emerge....
Topics discussed included politics and political scandals, daily gossip, fashion, current events, philosophy, science, and more. Introduction...
Of interest was the war threatening between England (and its allies) and France, and the dynastic quarrels...
Surreal legal concepts ran amuck throughout the epoch. By Lloyd Duhaime, J.D.Duhaime Law The origins of English...
Castles are best seen as an architectural expression of the social status of their owners. Introduction The...
Certain personal privileges are afforded to all peers and peeresses, but the main distinction of a peerage...
Penal treadmills were used in prisons in the early Victorian period in Britain as a method of...
Types of punishments imposed on convicts at London’s central criminal court from the late 17th century to...
Seven years of fighting between Charles and Cromwell claimed the lives of thousands, and ultimately, of the...
The earliest English coronation that is recorded in detail was the crowning of the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar...