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Commentators repeat with regularity the claim that the Queen’s greatest achievement, besides simple longevity, is her modernisation of the monarchy. But, says Dan Jones, she still owes a great deal to her medieval predecessors. Published May 24 2012
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In the wake of the credit crunch, Dan Jones looks at past episodes of runaway greed and the moral lessons learnt. Published July 15 2009
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In 1381 England witnessed a ‘summer of blood’ as the lower orders, emboldened by the labour shortages that followed the Black Death, flexed their muscle. Dan Jones tells the story of one of medieval England’s most dramatic yet curiously neglected events. Published May 14 2009
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