From Corn Laws to cold war, what history can teach us about Brexit | Politics. English Reformation, 1534 Brexit means taking Britain’s signature off the treaty of Rome, a cue for comparisons with Henry VIII’s repudiation of the jurisdiction of the pope. The Tudor king had several motivations, not least the need to find a wife who would produce a male heir. A major consequence of this was to separate Britain from much of the continent by giving it a different state-approved religion from most other European states.
As with Brexit, the Reformation unleashed bitter struggles about sovereignty, identity and authority under Henry and several of his successors. As with Brexit, it divided families, turned friends into enemies, generated fabulously arcane doctrinal disputes and martyrs of both faiths. Imperial preference, 1902-1937 Witnesses of the Tory party’s unity-shredding convulsions over Brexit often look for similarities with the Conservative split over the Corn Laws under Sir Robert Peel in the first half of the 19th century. Cold war, 1945-89. What was life like for Viking women? From traders to travellers, women in the Viking age led rich and adventurous lives, argues Judith Jesch… The homemaker As wife, host, teacher and storyteller, the mistress of the household was the fulcrum of Viking family life There’s no doubt about it: Viking women lived in a man’s world.
Viking men fought the wars, did most of the trading and were even, strictly speaking, the only true Vikings – the Old Norse word víkingar referred solely to men. For this point in history, however, Viking women enjoyed a high degree of social freedom. Read more from the March 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine here, including: Unlock The Library to read the whole issue now! Their chief sphere of influence was in the home, beginning when they married, often at an early age.
As well as husband, wife and children, the Viking household was made up of elderly relatives and foster-children – and the role of caring for this extended family typically fell to women. The artisan The believer Witness to war. Looking for Europe through Fashion Plates – Europeana Blog. For the #SalonEuropa blog parade, the curatorial team at European Fashion Heritage Association looks at how fashion plates have created and imagined European national identities.
Fashion objects can tell us many stories – the social histories of their origin and use, how we portray our identities through clothing, how we form communities around fashion and how clothes play a role in our relationships with our bodies. European archives preserve a large number of objects with diverse origins, both from within Europe and beyond. Fashion objects such as these can illustrate how national identities are formed. This blog will look at fashion plates. Fashion plates are pictures – usually illustrations – typically published in magazines at least from the 18th century onwards, illustrating fashionable styles in clothes and accessories. Explore more fashion plates on Europeana Fashion. The Bayeux Tapestry Animated. We had to do it. We had to bring back a wonderful little animation of The Bayeux Tapestry -- you know, the famous embroidery that offers a pictorial interpretation of the Norman Conquest of England (1066) and the events leading up to this pivotal moment in medieval history.
Currently residing in France, the tapestry measures 20 inches by 230 feet, and you can now see an animated version of the story it narrates. The clip above starts roughly halfway through the historical narrative, with the appearance of Halley's Comet, and it concludes with the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The video created by David Newton began as a student project at Goldsmiths College.
P.S. The Truth About Shield Maidens - National Geographic. Education. A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. The evolution of military kit - the equipment of Britains soldiers from the 11th century to today. Every century has its own battle, and battles from different eras had been fought with different weapons. It’s amazing to see how the soldiers inventory has evolved over the years.
For instance, the soldiers from the 13th century were heading to a battle equipped with Kettle helmet and battle axe, the soldiers in the 16th century were using swords and daggers and throughout World War I, hand grenades were a regular part of every British soldier’s kit. Thom Atkinson, a UK-based photographer documents the equipment of British soldiers over the course of 1,000 years. His series, entitled “Soldiers’ Inventories” captures the battle kits from The Battle of Hastings through the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 to the Falkland’s Conflict in 1982. “Britain spends a lot of its time, fighting people,” Atkinson told Wired. The neatly organized gear, besides weapons, also included things like cards, checkerboards, which provide a glimpse of how the soldiers killed the boredom and monotony during a war.
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