Jonathan Lewis

Philip the II: 'The Most Catholic King'?

Jonathan Lewis takes issue with a common interpretation.

Published December 1 2004

Filming the First World War

Jonathan Lewis and Hew Strachan point out the daunting challenges and exciting opportunities involved in producing a new major TV series.

Published September 14 2003

The Yorkist Kings and Foreign Policy

Jonathan Lewis points to the centrality of foreign policy in the making and unmaking of English kings in the fifteenth century.

Published December 1 2000

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.