French Peasants in the Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years War was fought on French soil. What effects did this have on the lives of the rural French communities?
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Murderous Games: Gladiatorial Contests in Ancient Rome
Gladiatorial shows turned war into a game, preserved an atmosphere of violence in time of peace, and functioned as a political theatre which allowed confrontation between rulers and ruled.
Forum: Historians and Facts
Jonathan Steinberg reveals his fondness for facts, the underpinnings of history.
Obsolete Appendix? The City of London's Struggle for Survival
In the second of our article on Governing the Capital, Ian Doolittle argues that it was during the great reforming Liberal ministry of Gladstone in 1880-85, that the City of London came nearest to being voted out of existence
1883 Cup Final: 'Patricians' v 'Plebians'
Until 1883, the Football Association Cup was won every year by former public schoolboys. As Christopher Andrew shows here, at the Cup Final that May, a working-class team from Lancashire snatched the honours from the Old Etonians.
A Tall Story? The Standard of Living Debate
Roderick Floud continues our special feature on the Industrial Revolution with a look at the impact of industrialisation on the British people.
Class and Common Interest
R.J. Morris begins the second part of our special feature on the Industrial Revolution, asking what were the effects of the Industrial Revolution on class and class consciousness in Britain?
Joseph Wright of Derby - Painter of the Industrial Revolution
K.Z. Cieszkowski on the visual chronicler of scentific and industrial developments in the 18th century Midlands.
Scottish Croquet: The English Golf Boom, 1880-1914
John Lowerson shows how, at the turn of the century, the English middle class seized with enthusiasm on the sport of golf, for it was leisurely, sociable - and affordable.