A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...
ideastream: Luke Reader, a teaching fellow in the Department of History, described the role of the British monarchy from its controversial past to its relevancy today, following the passing of Queen ...
In 1649, the British monarchy ceased when Charles I was executed, and the office of king was abolished by Parliament under the English Interregnum. A republic followed, and yet just over a decade ...
History documentary dealing with the origins of the British monarchy amid the Anglo-Saxon / Viking wars of early medieval England. Today, the United Kingdom is among the world’s most celebrated ...
Perhaps the greatest unsolved mystery in British royal history is that of the Princes in the Tower. In 1483, The Princes Edward (Edward V of England) and Richard (Duke of York) were just 12 and 9 ...
The proposed changes to the rules of British Commonwealth monarchic succession and marriage raise some interesting reflections on the past and future. Henceforth, if these changes are adopted, the ...
Three miles south of Windsor Castle, in the western exurbs of London, stands a 25-ton equestrian statue of King George III, cast from old cannons in the decade after his death in 1820. Dressed as ...
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