Ludlow is a small historic trading town whose city leaders in 1857 thought it should have a Crimean Trophy, but is first contender for arms in Marche region . it appears not to have been Ludlow but Hereford, June 20, 1857, in an a...
Two famous late medieval depictions depict St Edmund King, martyr and shrine, linking his worship to king's prayer, and in Lydgate's illustrated poem The Lives of Saints, Henry VI Richard II kneels before shrine, while in Wilton's...
In 1468, Robert Stillington, Bishop of Wales in England, indicated that he was both a secular judge and a "judge of conscience", and a year later in his speech said: "In office of Lord Chancellor, no mistake or form should be prej...
Patrick Colquhoun was one of most prominent critics of Old Poor Law in eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries, writing in 1815: "Human ingenuity was probably used more than any other branch of political economy, for betterment o...
The importance of public education in Scotland in late 18th and early 19th centuries can be seen as a model for its southern neighbors. During this period, reputation of Scottish education system rose not only in Scotland itself, ...
Universities in Great Britain and Ireland felt effects of First World War 1919. Students at University of London stated in their journal: "The entire globe was shrouded in shadows, and there is no place darker than University." As...
At turn of fourteenth century, priest John Mirfeld, who lived on grounds of St. Bartholomew's Abbey in London, published two important Latin encyclopedias for monastic community and nearby. Used by hospital staff. One is a collec...
The 'Permanent Revolution' Thatcher and Major dramatically changed British civil service and Whitehall, and political leverage provided by prime minister's strong backing was to support changes of 1980s and 1990s. Key Momentum Fac...
Aristotle's concept of balance had a great influence on development of medieval medical theory, helping to determine safest and most appropriate form of exercise. The obvious risk of hydration when exercising too hot or too cold m...
Author's point of view: Beginning in July 1424, many clergymen in England were regularly appointed commissioners of peace, placing their legal activities firmly within context of common law. At close of reign of Henry V, on Febru...