Thomas Becket and Henry II
The relationship between Henry King of England and Thomas, banker turned confidant and Archbishop was probably one of the most intriguing in English history.
Read MoreStatute of Labourers 1351
In 1351 following Plague and pestilence there was a shortage of Labour and the ruling elite were not happy to have to ‘suffer’ the inflationary costs that resulted as workers for the first time had the power to refuse to work for low wages. Was this the distant start of organised labour in Britain and a capsule that reflects the uneasy relationship between the monarch, parliament and the people…Will the Peasants Revolt?
Read MoreGoogle+ and Sharing Your Family History Photos for Free
Use Google+ from single source share and comment on your images,pictures,scans and integrate with all the other benefits of Google+
Read MoreBritain from above project great for historians
An interesting project of aerial photos of Britain, free to use, sign-up collate, curate, share and moree free and well worth a look as aerial photos are not that easy to source. Use them for your history project right now!
Read MoreResearch Notes Collect Curate and Citate
Do you want to use the best FREE tools for the job of managing saving curating collecting and organising lots of data and disparate resources? Whatever your history project, the net and some great tools are there to help you. Toss out the overwhelming bookmarks and make way for something completely different….
Read MoreResearch Notes Citate Curate and Collect
Do you want to use the best FREE tools for the job of managing saving curating collecting and organising lots of data and disparate resources? Whatever your history project, the net and some great tools are there to help you. Toss out the overwhelming …
Read MoreShakespeares Quartos Digitised with full text search
Shakespeares Quartos in high resolution with searchable online text, precious artefacts at your fingertips so that you can virtually touch these priceless resources and harness them in your own historical research…a beacon of light in the field of digital history and humanities…led by the Bodleian Library quite inspiring
Read MoreThe Peasants Revolt Summer 1381
The peasants revolt took place in June in 1381 but a better name for it is probably the peoples revolt. It was the beginning of the end for the feudal system and a pivotal episode in English history.
Read MoreCholera on the streets of 19th Century London
Mid C19th and the streets of London were filled with filth and disease. Poor science exacerbated the problem until the work of people such as John Snow and Joseph Bazalgette turned the situation around.
Read MoreJoseph Bazalgette Engineer Saviour of London
Joseph Bazagette, brilliant engineer and progressive thinker who saved London from the morass of disease and squalor it found itself in, in the C19th.
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