David Bell

Philip II of Spain: Champion of Catholicism

David McKinnon-Bell assesses the degree to which Philip II's policies were motivated by religious zeal.

Published August 21 2001

'Reduced to Cinders': The Impact of the French Religious Wars

David McKinnon-Bell analyses the state of France around 1598 and explains why recovery under Henry IV was so rapid.

Published August 31 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.