England

Deryck Abel reflects on a crucial figure in the dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III, which in turn led to the issuing of Magna Carta in 1215.

A.H. Burne analyses the key factors that led to what would be a major victory in the Hundred Years' War.

In 1794, at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, 'the nation wanted a victory'. It was provided by Admiral Howe.

A.E.W. Salt traces through the ages the story of his native Herefordshire village.

Lord David Cecil appraises the eventful career of William Lamb, who influenced momentous political reform in both Ireland and England.

Received by the King, blessed by the Primate and huzza’d by Etonians, Chief Tomochich's party was a model good-will mission. By T.R. Reese.

Ian Christie balances the skill and wit of Walpole as a writer against his shortcomings as a historian.

Christopher Lloyd asserts that the first contacts between Elizabethan England and the Russia of Ivan the Terrible mark the true birth of the British Empire.

John Izon describes details of the case against Fawkes' co-conspirators.

Graham Dukes traces the birth of the press to the English Civil War period.