Volume 71 Issue 6 June 2021

Fear of Plague in the House of Fitzeisulf, a detail from Trinity Chapel window, Canterbury Cathedral, 14th century.

Pandemics in the Parish

The medieval approach to emergency planning may offer lessons for the 21st century.

Alfred the Great’s statue in Wantage, by Count Gleichen, 1877.

How Great was Alfred?

In uniting the peoples of Wessex and Mercia, the celebrated king left an ideological legacy of lasting importance.

Dragomans

Here be Dragomans

For wealthy tourists travelling to the Middle East in the 19th century, the services of a dragoman were an essential purchase. Yet the often difficult lives of these local agents and guides remain elusive.