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When you think of women in the Middle Ages/early Renaissance, you probably imagine fair maidens, wives, mothers, nuns and possibly widows. Some people know…
Saints come in many shapes and sizes and yet only a select few of all the faithful have ever been canonised. What marks you…
My favourite place in the whole wide world, has to be the Isle of Wight. I love the beaches, the rolling green hills and…
The history of Papal elections is full of intrigue, plotting, bribery and in some rare instances, holiness. By the mid-fifteenth century the form for…
The Battle of Crécy is well know as a resounding English victory. Some great men survived the bloody battle, but the highest ranking person…
Having read Mary Hollingsworth’s new release, ‘The Borgias: History’s most notorious dynasty’ we are inspired to share with you how this family managed to achieve such…
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The books that Jane Austen wrote two centuries ago were designed to be entertaining. She was writing about her own era and about the…
All rural communities have idiosyncrasies when it comes to cultural practices. Perhaps the customs surrounding a rural marriage are some of the most strange. …
How did the lady of fashion 200 years ago answer the call of nature during long and riveting church sermons? And what was the…
My friends know me as a Jane Austen aficionado; I am pretty into her to say the least! So, when Jen Newby (AKA. @historyforgirls) put…
At last! Jane Austen will make it into the hands of pretty much every person in this great nation – as the face of…
‘Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings in existence…’…
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In the January of 1893, The Strand magazine ran a story predicting the fashion trends for the next century called “Future Dictates of Fashion”. Let’s take a…
1. The Garbage Museum, Stratford, Connecticut Source: CRRA If you are looking for an exhibition that is totally rubbish, then this might be for you….
On the wedding night of his nephew and future King, William of Orange, Charles II watched the entire consummation whilst shouting encouragement from the…
In February 1926, Russian biologist Ilia Ivanov set out for Guinea in French West Africa, where he planned to perform one of the world’s…
We are all human, and therefore, are at risk of making odd, stupid and downright silly mistakes. Even with meticulous planning…stuff can still go…
Many people may have heard the tale of Major John Andre (he was captured, tried and hung during the American Revolution). After all the…
Amy Johnson is perhaps Britain’s most famous aviatrix. Her famous solo flight to Australia was only one of her many achievements during her flying…
‘Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings in existence…’…
Sure, you might have a brother who is captain of the football team. Or even a sister who thinks she’s the next Adele. But…
OK, so she may not be the most popular, nor glamorous of Henry’s wives, and after Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, most people’s interests…
If there is one book which can transport me back in time within reading just a few paragraphs, it is this one. When I…
Forget the heavy burdens of 21st Century life…transport your mind back to the heavens above the ancient city of Rome. You are a Goddess…