The letters, along with supplementary accounts of court life, are the treasure trove of information which inform Magdalena S.

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The first written references to prehistoric rock art were by the Chinese philosopher Han Fei in the third century BC. Europe ...

The sinking of the White Ship was a disaster for England’s King Henry I, but it was also felt deeply by his subjects.

In these circumstances the General Strike of 1926, also precipitated by the miners, was readily comprehensible in terms of ...

For nine days in 1926 the United Kingdom was gripped by the first and only general strike in its history. Between 4-12 May more than two million workers downed tools in sympathy with members of the ...

He had to deal with criminals who challenged his authority and stole stockfish, livestock, woollen cloth, and boats, not only ...

In the 21st century there has evolved a general consensus about abolition: that Britain turned its back against the slave ...

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As Spain and France moved into Morocco, the people of the Rif Mountains united to form a new state. For five years they ...

The discovery of Brazil was an episode in the creation of a Portuguese commercial empire which in less than a hundred years extended to four continents. The Portuguese established West African coastal ...