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Susan Doran looks at what it meant to be a female monarch in a male world and how the Queen responded to the challenges. |
Frederick the Great, the man who made Prussia a leading European power, was born on January 24th, 1712. Published in History Today, Volume: 62 Issue: 1, 2012
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Dunia Garcia Ontiveros charts the little-known history of the Sami population and the life of Knud Leem, the first person to study their language and culture. Published in History Today, 2011
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The Duke of Marlborough was dismissed from the office of captain-general on December 31st 1711. |
The first performance of The Tempest on record was at court on All Hallows’ Day, on November 1st 1611. |
Colin Jones and Emily Richardson reveal a little-known collection of obscene and irreverent 18th-century drawings targetting Madame de Pompadour, the favourite mistress of Louis XV of France. |
An insight into the London Library's remarkable collection of early English versions of the Bible, at the heart of which is a copy of the King James Bible of 1611. Published in History Today, 2011
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What was behind Colonel Thomas Blood’s failed attempt to steal the Crown Jewels during the cash-strapped reign of Charles II and how did he survive such a treasonable act? Nigel Jones questions the motives of a notorious 17th-century schemer. |
There is nothing new or exceptional about the recent English riots and they will have little long-term impact, argues Tim Stanley. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 10
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Jez Ross corrects misunderstandings about the origins and significance of disturbances in 1549. |
William Beckford was the model of an 18th-century progressive and aesthete. But the wealth that allowed him to live such a lifestyle came from the slaves he exploited in his Caribbean holdings. Robert J. Gemmett looks at how an apparently civilised man sought to justify his hypocrisy. |
Ben Sandell examines the origins, influence and significance of a group of often misunderstood radicals. |
The English philanthropist was born on August 24th, 1759. Ian Bradley explains how his reputation as a champion of the abolition of slavery, evangelical and politician has undergone a series of reassessments. |
Graham Goodlad examines differing interpretations of the part played by King Charles I in the outbreak of the civil war. |
Patrick Williams reveals the courage of Henry VIII's Spanish wife. |
Richard Wilkinson argues against the prevailing orthodoxy. |
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