By the Grace of God and No One Else
The myths and realities of Oliver Cromwell’s formative years.
The myths and realities of Oliver Cromwell’s formative years.
Was the antiquary a ‘bad-tempered crank and gullible collector’, or a pioneering historian?
What do attitudes towards fatigue reveal about morality and illness?
How the index helps us to understand, categorise and engage with the world.
The phenomenon of statue destruction in historical perspective.
The separation of politics and religion has its roots in discourses over whether or not Pontius Pilate could be held guilty of having ordered ‘the death of God’.
The glittering career of Hella Pick, child refugee from Hitler’s Vienna and an exile in wartime Britain.
The industry of fake charters, from the tenth century, to its zenith two centuries later.
What sort of society produced Shakespeare?
Over three centuries of muddle, messy compromise and financial mismanagement.