How The West Saw Medieval Islam
Casting Islam and Muslims as the enemy was crucial in the Crusades, and the context of conflict has colored Christian-Islamic relations since.
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Cornish Rebellions, 1497-1648
500 years after their uprising against Henry VII, Mark Stoyle discusses why the Cornish were different - and often rebellious - in Tudor and Stuart England.
Daniel O'Connell, Irish Nationalist, Dies in Genoa
Richard Cavendish remembers the events of May 15th, 1847.
Cola Di Rienzi Proclaims Himself ‘Tribune' Of Rome
Richard Cavendish describes the brief rule of Cola di Rienzi following his coup d'etat on May 20th, 1347.
William III's Privy Garden
Simon Thurley sniffs the air in William III's Privy Garden at Hampton Court.
'Naming and Shaming' in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain
Andy Croll on how publishing anti-social behaviour is a trick we have copied from the Victorians.
Faith in the Nation? The Church of England in the 20th Century
Lively laity, turbulent priests - Andrew Chandler on how the Anglican establishment has adapted to change in society and the body politic since 1900.
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Alex Barker discusses St Augustine's Abbey Museum.
Shakespeare and the Nazis
Why did Goering and Goebbels fall out over a performance of Richard III? Gerwin Strobl on this and other intriguing reasons why the Bard mattered to the Third Reich.
Soldiers of the Second Crusade Leave From Devon
Richard Cavendish describes the launch of the Second Crusade on May 19th, 1147.