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After winning the English crown at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy ensured everyone understood what kind of man their new King was.
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Posted March 4 2021
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In the days of Henry II, relations with our cross-Channel neighbours were fractious, but we were fast friends with the people of Norway.
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Posted March 1 2021
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The privileges granted to European merchants in fifteenth-century London led to seething resentment in the City.
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Posted February 27 2021
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Edward III enticed over-regulated Dutch textile workers across the Channel with the promise of English beef and English beauties.
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Posted January 30 2021
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In the days of Henry VIII, eminent Scottish historian John Major looked back to the reign of Richard the Lionheart and sketched the character of legendary outlaw Robin Hood.
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Posted January 18 2021
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King Henry VIII was riding out with Queen Catherine one May Day, when they found themselves waylaid by Robin Hood and two hundred archers.
Picture: By Marjorie Acker Phillips (1895-1985), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5.. Source.
Posted January 15 2021