Just half a century on from Magna Carta, a radical noble, part idealist, part megalomaniac, came into conflict with King John’s son, Henry III. The result, argues Nigel Saul, was a form of assembly which shapes English political life to this day.
Magna Carta was born of the loss of King John’s French territories and his increasingly desperate – and expensive – attempts to regain them.
Wagner's opera was first performed in Munich on June 10th, 1865.
An exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford.
Before its untimely end this once great city was the centre of a vast and powerful civilisation.
Archaeologists and criminologists are looking at ways to combat the illicit trade in antiquities.
The artist died on June 1st, 1815.
The great conqueror took the Chinese city on June 1st, 1215.
Chiefly remembered as Darwin’s captain on HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy’s life was eventful – and ultimately tragic.
Andrew Roberts is both entertained and stimulated by Felix Markham’s 1963 article on Napoleon, which made judicious use of what correspondence was then available.
