Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
Prison and Why We Send People There: Does it Work? Should it? ‘They deserve to be put away’; ‘Appeal the sentence –...
Envy of Kings: The Guildhall of London and the Power of the Medieval Corporation The government of the City of London is older than...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
On Top of the World, 1830 to 1914 Economic dominance brings cultural dominance and the architecture of Empire...
The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...
The Reform of Parliament and the Crisis of Political Participation The House of Commons is, as the popularly elected chamber...