Wife Beating in Victorian England…the ‘Rule of Thumb’
Ever wondered where the term, ‘Rule of thumb’ came from? It derived from old British legal traditions which considered a husband the ruler of his wife.…
Ever wondered where the term, ‘Rule of thumb’ came from? It derived from old British legal traditions which considered a husband the ruler of his wife.…
When Margaret Thatcher was returned as Britain’s Prime Minister for her third consecutive term in June 1987, there was both outrage and admiration by the British…
British first encounters with Australia’s First Peoples on the shores of Botany Bay
Between 1780 and 1850 Britain was industrialising. Towns were transforming into cities and the landscape changing from subsistence farming into one of large factories and mills. Traditional crafts were being…
The historian Catherine Macaulay stated in her History of England, ‘the invidious censures which may ensue from striking into a path of literature rarely trodden by my…
The Catholic Church’s long held beliefs were rocked by the many changes of the 16th Century Reformation. Puritans in the 17th Century sought continued reform and idealized…
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