The French Resistance, Mary, Queen of Scots’ royal jewels, Bolsheviks on the Silk Road, the wills of medieval kings and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
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Tyrant and usurper: the last wills of Richard II and Henry IV give rare insight into the medieval monarchs who wore the crown.
The French Resistance sought liberation above all else. But what should the postwar nation look like? The question was as old as the Fall of France itself.
Recent books by Greg Eghigian, Joshua Blu Buhs and Jeffrey J. Kripal demonstrate the challenges that historians face in making sense of Fortean times.
Who should claim Scotland’s royal jewels? After the forced abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, the answer was not clear cut.
In 1874 a choir of African American singers concluded a successful tour of Britain, singing songs that confronted American racism. Victorian audiences had never heard music like it.
The Catholic Church’s ban on wigs in the 18th century was as revealing of attitudes towards disability as vanity and sanctity.
