Edward II and his Minions
Harold F. Hutchison describes how the tastes and affections of King Edward II were disgusting to the medieval orthodoxy of monks and barons.
Harold Hutchison
Shakespeare and Henry V
Harold F. Hutchison compares fact with fiction in Shakespeare’s historical dramas.
Shakespeare and Richard II
How accurate are Shakespeare’s historical plays? Harold F. Hutchison compares the dramatist’s account of Richard’s downfall with the actual course of events.
Sir Christopher Wren, 1632-1723
Harold F. Hutchison introduces the son of royalist gentry, an Oxford graduate, a Professor of Astronomy, a mathematician, and the most distinguished architect that Britain has produced. Leo Hollis added a historiographical postscript in 2010.