England

Ben Sandell examines the origins, influence and significance of a group of often misunderstood radicals.

Graham Goodlad examines differing interpretations of the part played by King Charles I in the outbreak of the civil war.

Patrick Williams reveals the courage of Henry VIII's Spanish wife.

Richard Wilkinson argues against the prevailing orthodoxy.

David Hipshon outlines the career of the most controversial king ever to have occupied the English throne.

Graham Goodlad assesses the political skills that helped Charles II to escape the unenviable fates of his father and brother.

As Matthew Shaw demonstrates, scandal sold newspapers 200 years ago, just as it does today.

Lauren Kassell reveals how the casebooks, diaries and diagrams of the late-16th-century astrologer Simon Forman provide a unique perspective on a period when the study of the stars began to embrace modern science.

In 15 years Æthelstan united the English for the first time. Yet many of the facts about the Anglo-Saxon king remain elusive.

James Whitfield on why the theft of a Spanish master’s portrait of a British military hero led to a change in the law.