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Theological Debates in the Reformation

Russel Tarr | Published in History Review Issue 51 March 2005

Russel Tarr outlines what was at issue in the clash between Catholics and Protestants.

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children gather around a Christmas tree, December 1848. Webster Museum. Public Domain.

The First Christmas Tree

Alison Barnes | Published in History Today Volume 56 Issue 12 December 2006

Contrary to myth, it wasn’t Prince Albert but another German royal transplant who introduced the Christmas tree to Britain.

Captain Kidd: Privateer, Pirate and Agent of Empire?

Tom Wareham | Published in History Today Volume 63 Issue 1 January 2013

The trial of Captain William Kidd raised uncomfortable questions for the state about the pirate’s role in the consolidation of England’s early overseas empir