Britain & Ireland
Women and social history can be overlooked themes in periods where records tended to focus on money, religion and Kings. While those latter themes are covered in this section so are features on individual women, their relationships with power and how they were able to influence politics and the people around them. Social history is also addressed through the stories of Hermits, soldiers, tax records and revolting peasantry with nobles. Read more
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The making of Magna Carta
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The soldier in Later Medieval England
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The strange death of King Harold II: Propaganda and the problem of legitimacy in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings
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Thomas Parkinson: the Hermit of Thirsk
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Towards Reform in 1809
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Was Richard II Mad? An evening with Terry Jones
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Welsh archers at Agincourt: myth and reality
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William the First and the Sussex Rapes
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Willington and the Mowbrays: After the Peasants’ Revolt
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Women in Late Medieval Bristol
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Woodland in the East Staffordshire landscape
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Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, 918-2018
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‘A little bird told me’: spies and espionage in the early medieval world
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