There are not many people who appear in the indexes of all three of these books, on quite different topics: A Handbook of Medieval Sexuality; Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900; and The
Charles West
Earlier this week, the distinguished historian David Abulafia published an article in History Today, titled ‘Britain: apart from or a part of Europe?’, written on behalf of the group ‘Historians for Britain’. The article suggested
What medieval historian’s heart did not thrill to yesterday's news that every primary school in England will be sent a copy of Magna Carta, together with interpretative guides which show English history (indeed apparently global history)
Today is the anniversary of the death of Queen Waldrada. Now, let me be the first to admit that hers is hardly a household name. At the time of writing, she does not even have
The day after the recent English by-election in Rochester on 20 November (St Edmund's Day, no less), newspaper front pages across the country were plastered with pictures of a grinning politician sporting a rather garish tie. Adorning
A few days ago, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that a future Conservative government would revoke legislation that embeds the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. Since then, leading members of the current