Religious Change and the Laity in England
Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke look at the ways ordinary people responded to religious changes within their places of worship from the Reformation to the Restoration.
Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke look at the ways ordinary people responded to religious changes within their places of worship from the Reformation to the Restoration.
The houses built by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, are a reflection of his career under Henry VIII, says Maurice Howard, and the King's manipulation of those who served him.
In 1908 the Olympic movement visited Britain for the first time. Stephen Halliday describes how the British Olympic Association prepared for the Games with barely two years notice.
Richard Hughes shows there is more of historical interest to William Prynne than his famous auditory organs.
Peter Marshall asks how diligently Wolsey served his Church.
Richard Cavendish marks a failed attempt on the Scottish and English thrones by the last Stuart pretender, on March 23rd, 1708.
Jeremy Goldberg examines three stories of disputed marriages and discusses definitions of consent and how they impinged on a medieval woman’s right to marry when and whom she chose.
Peter Clark celebrates some of the ‘awkward squad’ associated with eastern England.
Judith Richards helps us appreciate a Marian perspective on the reign of the boy-king.
Marie Rowlands charts the changing fortunes of a religious minority.