England

The evolution of a saint and his dragon.

At first the English withstood the Norman attack of 1066. But soon they succumbed to the invaders, as did their virile language of record. An article by H.R. Loyn.

J. H. M. Salmon looks at Romantic literary interpretations of Oliver Cromwell.

Thomas More is often thought of as a family man who died for his principles, not as a burner of books and heretics.

Picture postcards may seem a commonplace means of communication, but, when they first came into use, they caused a revolution in people’s writing habits. T.J. Brady writes how they led to the creation of a considerable industry and became the subject of a collecting craze almost unparallelled.

Bryan Little pays an architectural visit to the famous city on the Avon.

C.V. Wedgwood challenges the accepted view of Charles I's fated minister, Thomas Wentworth.

Michael Jaffe traces the relationship between king and master.