England

The first-known secular bell-ringing society was founded on 2 February 1604.

The industry, enlightenment, history and soft-power of Birmingham.

The Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII is a well-worn tale. Are we getting the whole story?

A century of struggle over the meaning of ‘Jerusalem’. 

From alliances, to open warfare; from tense meetings on bridges, to collective mourning at family funerals: French and English royalty were united by marriage and divided by war.

A great historian and public intellectual, Thomas Fuller championed moderation and responsibility in a time of war, polarisation and misinformation. 

Dinner parties in the ‘Revolutionary Age’ with the publisher Joseph Johnson.

Early modern parish libraries, frequently established for the benefit of the general public, were often deliberately inaccessible.

Four historians consider whether the traditional Whig history of Britain, as one of evolutionary political progress, has ever been challenged by events. 

The aim of Charles I’s foreign policy was to restore his nephew’s lands in the Rhineland. France, he thought, was the key to success.