An Anglo-Welsh truce renewed
On August 1st, 1259, the English renewed a truce which recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffydd as Prince of Wales.
England
The Peasants’ Revolt, 1381
In 1381 England witnessed a medieval ‘summer of blood’ as the lower orders flexed their muscle in what became known as the Peasants’ Revolt.
John Evelyn and London Air
The air of London in the seventeenth century was polluted by clouds of sea-coal smoke against which Evelyn proposed some drastic remedies. By Steven R. Smith
Death of St Anselm
The life of a most pious Christian saint, who died on April 21st, 1109.
Edward IV: The Theatre of Monarchy
Hannes Kleineke examines the career of the first Yorkist king.
The Earls of Chester and Land Tenure in Post-Conquest England
Hannah Boston explains how a single piece of evidence contributes to a wider understanding.
Elizabethan Catholicism: Questions of Perspective
R.E. Foster emphasises the threat to Elizabeth’s regime.
John Bland, Rector of Adisham
Graham Noble assesses the significance of one of the earliest Marian Martyrs.
Tea, Toilets & Typewriters: Women's Clubs in London
Frances Borzello seeks to explain the rise of women’s clubs in London before the First World War – and their equally swift demise.
Birth of John Milton
The poet and philosopher was born on December 9th, 1608.