Recent Blogging
Looking back on his military service during the Civil Wars, Thomas 3rd Lord Fairfax penned his Short Memorials during the 1660s. The manuscript originals...
Civil War Petitions • 1 Apr 2021
The Blake Museum Bridgwater has this ace t-shirt that is printed front and back on their online shop.
Wars of Louis Quatorze • 3 Apr 2021
There is no doubt that the fifteenth and sixteenth century introduction of print technologies in Europe, making possible the advent of the printed book,...
The Renaissance Mathematicus • 24 Mar 2021
Horses have been used for transportation for thousands of years, but have caused countless injuries and deaths. There is a saying that the only... The...
Journal of the American Revolution • 1 Apr 2021
The second Boston Tea Party on 7 March 1774 made a smaller splash than the first on the preceding 16 December.There was much less tea involved—fewer...
Boston 1775 • 19 Mar 2021
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an important ancient Egyptian city near the modern city of Luxor. The archaeological excavations began...
Brian Sandberg: Historical Perspectives • 12 Apr 2021
This blog is the second of three blogs written by Anne Cripps, Anne Foster and Anne M Thomas, three University of the Third Age (U3A) researchers working...
Hearth Tax Online • 26 Mar 2021
Walking a path at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015. I think the original intent of this photo was to capture the outside of the part of the Palace...
TudorHistory.org Blog • 12 Apr 2021
Jennings, Talbot L. This Side Idolatry: A Play in Seven Scenes. Unbound typescript, circa 1933, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina...
Bardfilm • 14 Apr 2021