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Boudicca’s Revolt: The British Queen Who Nearly Drove Rome From Britain
In 60 AD the queen of the Iceni led the most serious challenge to Roman rule in Britain's history, destroying…
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Tag: British history
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Politics
Britain’s Railways: How the Iron Road Transformed a Nation 1825-1900
From Stephenson's Rocket to the great Victorian termini, the railway age transformed how Britons travelled, thought about distance and understood…
Education
King Alfred the Great: The Viking Wars and the Making of England
Alfred of Wessex faced the complete conquest of England by the Vikings, saved his kingdom from the marshes of Somerset,…
Tech
Roman Britain: How Rome Ruled Britannia for Nearly 400 Years
From Julius Caesar's first landings in 55 BC to the withdrawal of the legions in 410 AD, Rome left an…
Finance
Stonehenge: Britain’s Greatest Prehistoric Mystery and What We Now Know
For 4,500 years Stonehenge has stood on Salisbury Plain. Modern archaeology has transformed our understanding of who built it, why,…
Tech
The Battle of Hastings: What Really Happened on That October Day in 1066
The most consequential battle in English history unfolded over nine hours on a Sussex hillside — but the outcome was…
Finance
The Battle of Waterloo 1815: Napoleon’s Defeat and Britain’s Century of Supremacy
On 18 June 1815, the Duke of Wellington and his allied forces broke Napoleon's Grande Armée and ended twenty years…
Finance
The Black Death in Britain: How the Plague of 1348 Killed Half the Population
Arriving at the port of Melcombe Regis in June 1348, the bubonic plague swept through England, Wales and Scotland with…
Education
The British Empire: Rise, Reach and the Reckoning With Its Legacy
At its peak in 1920, the British Empire covered a quarter of the world's land surface and governed a quarter…
Education
The British Empire: Rise, Reach and the Reckoning With Its Legacy
At its peak in 1920, the British Empire covered a quarter of the world's land surface and governed a quarter…
