Penal treadmills were used in prisons in the early Victorian period in Britain as a method of...
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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...
The Normans originated as early settlers of northern France. The most valued skill was knowing one’s way...
Æthelstan was the first ruler of the whole kingdom of England. Æthelstan was the grandson of King...
Was this an effort by Prince Charles (the future King Charles II) a last-ditch effort in exchange...
The Purge cleared the way for the execution of Charles in January 1649 and the establishment of...
The Militia of Great Britain were the principal military reserve forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain....
The fyrd consisted of a nucleus of experienced soldiers that would be supplemented by ordinary villagers and...
The resulting texture of the metropolis has a diversity of buildings unlike any other. In 1942, at...
The Church had a close relationship with the English state throughout the Middle Ages. Introduction Medieval Religion...
Henry VIII and his heirs became equally as oppressive as the Catholic Church whose chains they threw...
The notion of the state as a commonwealth in which the ruled as well as the ruler...
If King Arthur existed at all, we will probably never know the truth about what he was...
Looking at at how Britain’s first lesbian magazine came about and its impact on society. Introduction In...
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and...
Plotting John’s route for all 17 years of his reign to produce digital maps of his progress...
Many acts we would describe as crimes today were largely unprosecuted before the mid-nineteenth century. Introduction As...
Both the Georgian and Victorian eras were marked with significant changes, both socially and politically. The Georgians...
When Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1578, Philip had one more reason to attack England....
Elizabeth I engage in a memorable invention of herself as a legend in her own lifetime. Introduction...
Doomsday, 1433. In York, after dark. A red curtain. Painted stars. Actors in hoses, wigs, and two-faced...
From marriage and sexuality to education and rights, looking at attitudes towards gender in 19th-century Britain. Introduction...
People drank for many different reasons and these reasons ranged across social class, gender, and region. Introduction...
Exploring tea time in the portrait of John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and his Family. Because...
A new theology that came to dominate British religion after the Reformation altering the relationship between the...
It was the first step of what would turn out to be a rocky and far from...
It was sought after post-execution to cure a variety of swellings, wens in particular. Abstract From the...
The growing sense of nationalism in England was one of the underlying causes of the Wyatt Rebellion....