In medieval Europe, vigilantism was rampant. Though there were rudimentary efforts to develop legal frameworks, the precepts could be bizarre, with justice sporadic and unevenly applied.
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These five ideas will not only connect you with the natural world, but also put you in touch with British heritage and lore.
The subject of Prime Video’s new show My Lady Jane is England’s ‘nine day queen’. What do we know about her story?
By 43AD, when southern Britain became a Roman colony under emperor Claudius, the island was populated by speakers of several Celtic languages.
The Labour leader is looking to the examples set by Tony Blair and Harold Wilson in drawing a line under his party’s recent past.
Winston Churchill defected in his time, as did Oswald Mosley. In fact, a defection played a key part in the formation of the Conservative party.
Even though Keir Starmer is more comfortable being associated with the leaders of the last Labour government than Jeremy Corbyn or Ed Miliband, this is not a return to the past.
Convicts worked in the dockyards in Bermuda for 40 years.
Beaufort’s presence at Collyweston formed part of a strategic plan, devised by mother and son, to exert royal influence both locally and nationally.
Mordaunt is predicted to lose her seat at the election so it’s now or never for her – but the path to victory is laden with obstacles.
The SS Hartdale was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 and its final resting place had long been unknown.
During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.
Being unable to agree on a united national memorial shows just how disunited Wales had been.
This is the story of how music became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s, as antifascists fought fascism with guitars and microphones.
Ramsay MacDonald was Labour’s first ever PM but he ended up being booted out of the party he helped found.
Cabinet Office papers expose Thatcher’s anxiety over the famous book, and the difference between governing in the 1980s and the modern information age.
Keeping a diary has been a common pandemic pastime throughout history.
Hot water bottles have been used to heat beds for centuries but our modern rubber iterations only came about in the mid-19th century.
The exhibition celebrates and interrogates the cultural afterlives of Victorian Britain.
The Rebecca riots saw Welsh farmers disguised as women destroy tollgates as a way of challenging what they believed was an oppressive taxation system.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in British Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of History, The Open University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Bristol
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