Category: History
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Extramural Venta Icenorum
Venta Icenorum was the civitas-capital of the Iceni tribe, and the site of the remains of the Roman town is located about four miles south of Norwich, on the east bank of the river Tas, at Caistor St Edmunds in Norfolk. The Iceni, a British tribe with a territory which covered present-day Norfolk and parts…
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The “Painted Room”, Oxford
Oxford opens 16th century “Painted Room” to the public to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday To celebrate William Shakespeare’s 449th birthday, visitors to Oxford are being allowed a sneak peek into the room where the Bard stayed when travelling between London and Stratford-upon-Avon. A former tavern in the centre of Oxford will open its “Painted Room” for…
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Bomb Sight
The Bomb Sight Project The Bomb Sight project is mapping the London WW2 bomb census between 7/10/1940 and 06/06/1941. Previously available only by viewing in the Reading Room at The National Archives, Bomb Sight is making the maps available to citizen researchers, academics and students. They will be able to explore where the bombs fell and…
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Excavation for Richard III
Is Richard III ‘buried under council car park’? Historical records show that Richard III was buried in the church of a Franciscan friary in Leicester shortly after his defeat and death at the hands of Henry Tudor’s army in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. But the destruction of the friary as Britain’s monasteries were…
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Shakespeare snippets
From: Shakespeare’s Restless World [more videos with link] Battle Gear of Henry V
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?Viking axe head
Viking axe head discovery is ‘evidence of battle’ Archaeologists think the axe head could be evidence of a battle in 894 AD A Viking axe head found in a Gloucestershire village could be evidence of a battle more than 1,100 years ago, according to archaeologists. The wrought iron object, found in Slimbridge in 2008, has…
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Simon of Sudbury
Face of Simon of Sudbury revealed by forensic artist A forensic expert has reconstructed the face of a 14th Century Archbishop of Canterbury who met a grisly end during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Simon of Sudbury was seized by insurgents after they stormed the Tower of London. He was dragged to Tower Hill and…
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Witch trials diary
One for Hallowe’en, found by my roving reporter, Woodwose: Journal of the witchfinder general opened up The diary – immortalised in the 1968 Vincent Price horror movie The Witchfinder General – tells of how 33 women were branded witches in a trial in the mid-17th century. The trial was triggered by Matthew Hopkins, an English…
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Ironclad
Ironclad (2010) It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal to the Magna Carta, a noble, seminal document that upheld the rights of free-men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and…
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Dover Castle Great Tower make-over
A taste of medieval life in all its gaudy glory When the Great Tower of Dover Castle throws open its doors again today, visitors will be struck by its power and its gaudiness: the 10metre-thick walls are 12th century, but everything inside the vast stone rooms, from the king’s fur strewn bed to the stained…
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