John Lynch, exiled to France by Cromwell’s men, lamented the way that Irish was being labelled as a language of sedition.

Lionel of Clarence, Edward III’s younger son, went to Ireland as his Lieutenant in order to stop English expats becoming like the Irish.

Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.

On the night when Edward IV won his crown back from Henry VI, he had to decide how to deal with those who had still been backing Henry during the day.

In the thirteenth century, wealthy English homeowners began to think more about the inside of their stately homes.

The interminable squabbling among the Slavic peoples around the southeast Baltic prompted their leaders to drastic action.