Early Modern

Harry McNeile

Nov 274 min read

La Grande Évasion: The royal blunder with regicidal consequences

On the evening of the 20th of June 1791, five inconspicuously dressed figures exited the Tuileries Palace. These individuals claimed to...

Chloe Stack

Oct 193 min read

Salem in 1692: The Accused Weren’t Chosen at Random

One of the most well-known aspects of the Salem Witch Trials is the seemingly random accusations of witchcraft and the supposed readiness...

Martin Day

Oct 125 min read

Die Konquistadoren: The Strange, Forgotten Tale of the German Quest for El Dorado

Name a country that colonised the New World. Immediately, I’m sure you’ll think of the Spanish and their conquistadors: Hernán Cortés...

Anna Sacks

Oct 54 min read

Was a peaceful transferal of power from Elizabeth I to James I in 1603 inevitable?

There was much fear and anxiety during the reign of Elizabeth I over what would happen when her reign came to an end. Perhaps...

Ellinor Hopkins

Sep 244 min read

Mary Read: The Defiant Life of a Female Pirate

The lives of Mary Read and her fellow female pirate Anne Bonny were immortalised in Captain Charles Johnson’s A General History of the...

Josh Mansley

Sep 234 min read

The European Trump: Martin Luther as a Populist Politician of His Era

In modern media, many journalists have attempted to identify the European equivalent of Donald Trump. The names often mentioned include...