Politically embarrassing to politically powerful: how the Bayeux Tapestry became a tool of diplomacy
The Bayeux Tapestry was created to justify William the Conqueror’s invasion of England – but its political message may have been outdated almost as soon as it was finished. As the embroidery goes on ...
For most people in 14th-century England, home meant a smoky, crowded hall where eating, working and sleeping all happened in ...
After becoming the first human to orbit Earth, Yuri Gagarin was transformed into a global celebrity and sent around the world as the smiling face of Soviet power. But what did the cosmonaut make of ...
More than two centuries before Richard III would be accused of killing his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower, another ...
He gave money to schools, hospitals, churches and almshouses. He supported his native city of Bristol so extensively that, long after his death in 1721, his name remained attached to streets, ...
Few Viking rulers forged themselves a story quite as dramatic as Olaf Tryggvason. Warrior, adventurer, raider, king and missionary, Tryggvason belonged to the vast maritime world of the Viking Age: a ...
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