It now proposes new crimes that could criminalize almost any protestor and give police broad powers. Introduction...
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Alpine cottages arose, unexpectedly, amid the hillocks and modest streams of 19th-century England. This article, Little Switzerlands:...
The force consisted of around 68,000 men at its peak in the early 1650s. Introduction The New Model...
Clothing in medieval Europe signified class, gender, and social hierarchy. Introduction The Medieval period in England is usually classified as the...
Durham Cathedral is one measure of the swift and profound transformation brought about by the Norman Conquest...
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...
Like the roots of the concept of “citizen”, the origin of the legal construction of “privacy” lies...
Exploring the widespread worry in Georgian Britain that immunity came with beastly side effects. By Erica X....
Throughout the centuries, a number of coal miners have documented their lives with paintings. Some of their...
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...
From 1670 to 1685, the number of London coffeehouses increased and gained political importance due to their...
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....
This wealthy textile manufacturer harbored ambitions that went far beyond the well-being of his own workforce and...
Making ales using only medieval techniques and equipment. By Dr. Paul W. PlacewayAlumnus, Language Technologies InstituteCarnegie Mellon...
The treatment of mental disorders in England during the Elizabethan and Jacobian periods. By Dr. Aleksandar DimitrijevicProfessor...
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...
Time, like place, is socially constructed rather than ‘natural’, and so one might expect ideas of time...
These reading places confirmed the centrality of periodical print to Victorian culture. Introduction We need to know...
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...