Portrait of Britain: AD 1100
Brian Golding looks at life under the Norman Yoke during the consolidating reign of Henry I.
Europe
The Origins of the Modern Police
Beginning our new series on the history and development of policing, Clive Emsley sets the scene with a broad discussion of the origins and issues of early policing in Continental Europe.
Why did the Habsburg-Valois Conflict Last so Long
Stewart MacDonald asks a key question of the wars which dominated the history of Europe in the First half of the Sixteenth Century.
Death of John of Gaunt
Richard Cavendish explains the life and death of Henry IV's father, on February 3rd, 1399
The First Book of Common Prayer
Thomas Cranmer's prayer book was published on January 15th, 1549.
Chimes of Big Ben Broadcast for the First Time
Big Ben was first heard over the radio at midnight on 31 December 1923, to announce the New Year.
‘El Desastre’ Spain in Defeat, 1898
Laura Rodriguez finds that, in spite of the devastating outcome for Spain of the Cuban conflict of 1898, there were some positive consequences.
No Continuing City - Exiles in the English Reformation 1520-1570
Claire Cross shows how the experiences of English Protestant exiles on the Continent, and Continental exiles in England, affected Protestantism in the Sixteenth Century.
The Survival of the Eastern Roman Empire
Stephen Williams and Gerard Friell analyse why Constantinople survived the barbarian onslaughts in the fifth century, whereas Rome fell.
Saints and Nazi Skeletons
A Jewish-born Carmelite nun murdered at Auschwitz and due to be canonised by the Pope in October, is claimed to have been betrayed to the Nazis by a high-ranking Benedictine monk.