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    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    William Marshal: The archetypal knight

    A younger son of a minor nobleman who became a notable tourneyer and warrior, a comrade to princes and kings,...

    22/11/2014
    ANCIENT HISTORY / ARCHEOLOGY / HISTORY

    Delphi: The end of the gods

    The Apollo of Delphi was the god of black jokes. Herodotus says that Croesus, legendarily wealthy king of Lydia, feared...

    02/11/2014
    CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY / HISTORY

    Oldest children rarely succeed

    Monarchy is very much a family business. According to the law of primogeniture, the eldest son should follow his father...

    23/10/2014
    HISTORY / MODERN HISTORY

    Spencer Perceval’s assassination

    All that is generally remembered about Spencer Perceval is that he was the only British prime minister ever to be...

    06/09/2014
    HISTORY

    5 royal births that rocked England

    Victoria was born into a family that rather resented her, and her cousin Charlotte was the product of a failed...

    12/08/2014
    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    Becoming a knight

    The three main strands of the chivalric ethos – warrior, courtier and Christian – might throw up some contradictions, but...

    04/08/2014
    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    Mail-order queen

    Well aware of this increase in realism, Henry VIII decided to choose his fourth wife from her portrait. Traditionally, dynastic...

    08/07/2014
    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    The death of King Edward VI of England

    On 6th February 1553, Mary rode to court to see Edward who was still ill. By March, some observers believed...

    26/06/2014
    ANCIENT HISTORY / HISTORY

    The cultural legacy of Alexander the Great

    On his death, Alexander left as heirs only a mad brother and a posthumous son, neither of whom were able...

    24/06/2014
    20TH CENTURY HISTORY / HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY

    The Battle of Normandy, 1944

    The Allies agreed that the establishment of a second front in north-west Europe was essential to defeat Germany. The Soviets...

    06/06/2014
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