French Peasants in the Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years War was fought on French soil. What effects did this have on the lives of the rural French communities?
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Why Men Fought in the 100 Years War
Patriotism, propaganda, profit - Anthony Tuck finds that these were the motives that led Englishmen to fight in France.
'The Noisie' Empty, Fluttring French': English Images of the French, 1689-1815
'To sum up all, poverty, slavery and innate insolence, covered with an affectation of politeness, give you... a true picture of the manners of the whole nation' was Hogarth's opinion of the French in 1749, explains Michael Duffy.
The British Army and the Slave Revolt: Saint Domingue in the 1790s
'Thrice had his foot Domingo's island prest, Midst horrid wars and fierce barbarian wiles; Thrice had his blood repelled the yellow pest That stalks, gigantic, through the Western Isles!' ran the epitaph to one of the more than 20,000 British soldiers sent to St. Domingue in the 1790s.
The Coronations of Henry VI
The boy-king Henry VI was crowned King in England and in France. But the symbols of regal majesty at his Coronations, argue Dorothy Styles & C.T. Allmand, could not disguise the fragility of the union.
Daumier, An Artist for All Time?
Thomas Gretton presents a special review of the impact of the 19th century French satirical artist.
The Devil in Renaissance France
David Nicholls examines the central position of Satan in early modern French popular culture.
Engraving the Republic: Prints and Propaganda in the French Revolution
Popular art in the form of cartoons, caricatures and simple engravings offered great potential for political propaganda as the revolutionary leaders discovered.
Politics and the Olympics: The Lesson of 1924
Peter Beck sets contemporary reportage of and reaction to the 1924 Olympics in the context of their times.
The Jacobite Diaspora 1688-1746: From Despair to Integration
The refugee supporters of the House of Stuart, explains Bruce Lehman, made new lives for themselves as Europeans, achieving success as bankers, merchants, soldiers, churchmen and diplomats.