More than seventy British men and women were convicted – mostly in secret trials – of working...
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Britain’s prehistoric landscapes are depicted in prints and drawings across the British Library’s collections. The prehistoric monuments...
Life in the 18th-century city would have provoked a dazzling mixture of sensations: terror and exhilaration, menace...
What bones tell us about the lives and deaths of the dead. In 2011, AOC Archaeology completed...
Investigating health and hygiene in 18th century Britain, against a backdrop of industrialization and the subsequent over-crowding...
From gruesome, public executions to Georgian Britain’s adoration of the ‘heroic’ highwayman, the author investigates attitudes to...
In 1758, Samuel Johnson noted that the “itch of scribbling” had seized the nation. Introduction In 1758,...
From the charitable relief of the Poor Law to the grim conditions of the workhouse, examining attitudes...
The charge of the Light Brigade always elicited ambivalent responses from eyewitnesses. The charge of the Light...
It was the biggest constitutional crisis since Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon. By Anna Pasternak It...
Introduced by Richard I in 1194, the taxable value of an estate was initially assessed from the...
How two female courtiers vied for influence over Queen Anne. One of the challengers at this year’s...
The Glorious Revolution is considered by some to be one of the most important events in the...
When Magna Carta was created, England had endured 16 years of John’s kingship – a rule based...
The British came and ruled over India for nearly 200 years. Introduction In ancient times, people from...
The turmoil of the English Civil War in the 1640s and 1650s generated political and institutional upheaval,...
Their original name came from their belief in economic equality. Introduction The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals in England,...
The record is unique in European history and, packed full of statistics and snippets which reveal details...
The experience of the Great War helped to radically change notions of citizenship in Britain. Three days...
When the Spanish ambassador to Elizabeth I’s court was implicated in a plot to kill her, he...
Upon the scaffold he turned to his companion, Dr William Juxon, and uttered the word: ‘Remember’. In...
Their heyday was in the last hundred years of their existence, during the time of the Stuart...
Scotland has its own independent legal system, education system and religious institutions, and gay men were criminalized...
Analyzing how three maps of Barbados promoted a flattering image of British colonialism in the Caribbean. To...
The Socialist League was one of several early socialist groups which arose in Great Britain during the...
There are lessons to be learned from this story. In October 1924, during the general election campaign...
The humble sea turtle became the pinnacle of haute cuisine in the eighteenth century. From calipash to calipee, the green...
How to get away with smuggling in the Early Modern world? Be someone else! By Alexis Harasemovitch-TruaxPhD...
Coming out was one of the core values of the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s,...
Exploring the world of poverty, high mortality, prejudice and charity that influenced the creation of Oliver Twist....