The Hampton Court Conference
The Hampton Court Conference opened on January 14th, 1604. The most important product of the conference was the King James Bible.
England
Dissent and Debauchery: Women and the English Civil War
A group of second-year students from Southampton University present the results of a collaborative research project.
The Great Storm
The week-long hurricane that struck the south of England and the English Channel on November 24th, 1703, was beyond anything in living memory.
The Early Stuarts and Hampton Court
Simon Thurley explains why the first Stuarts kept the great Tudor palace virtually intact.
Blacks in Tudor England
Marika Sherwood reveals the state of our knowledge – and ignorance – about a period of our multi-racial past.
Marriage of James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor
Richard Cavendish describes James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor's wedding on August 8th, 1503.
John Bull's Family Arises
The colourful cartoon development of British national symbols provides an acute barometer to changes in 18th- and 19th-century public opinion. By Peter Mellini and Roy. T. Matthews.
Daniel Defoe Put in the Pillory
Following the publication of The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, Defoe was accused of seditious libel and put in the pillory on the last three days of July 1703.
Lady Jane Grey Proclaimed Queen
The Nine Days Queen was pronounced monarch on July 10th, 1553.
London 1753 at the BM
Sheila O’Connell describes one of the key events in the British Museum’s 250th anniversary celebrations.