History of Britain — Comprehensive

The struggle culminating in 1066 sets the foundations of Norman rule in England.

Conflict between crown and church illuminates twelfth-century authority.

War in France highlights medieval kingship and the making of English royal identity.

Tudor reform is told from Cromwell’s side of the struggle over succession and faith.

The settlement of Elizabeth I’s reign follows a contested religious transition.

The failed 1605 plot exposes the pressures on religious minorities.

Civil war brings monarchy, parliament and religion into direct collision.

Court patronage gives a portrait of politics under Queen Anne.

Constitutional monarchy and the early Victorian court frame a new public role for the sovereign.

A long-form view of the early Victorian monarchy and ministerial politics.

Language scholarship evokes Victorian institutions and intellectual ambition.

Household and class change begin before the First World War and continue through its aftermath.

The monarchy enters the age of radio amid looming geopolitical crisis.

Codebreaking reveals one element of wartime science and institutional mobilization.

The cabinet crisis of 1940 shows decision-making amid potential invasion.

From postwar Britain onward, the monarchy becomes a lens on political and social shifts.

The conflict in Northern Ireland confronts the state with a crisis of civil rights and legitimacy.

Thatcher-era arguments about economics, politics and society mark the late twentieth century.