JDM's History Explorer
Sunday, 25 June 2017
The "Anarchy"
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There was civil war in England between 1135 and 1153. Henry I sought to secure the throne for his daughter, Matilda (also known as 'the ...
Sunday, 18 June 2017
The Doomsday Book
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At a meeting of his Court in Gloucester at Christmas 1085, William the Conqueror ordered that a survey be undertaken of the country. He want...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Magna Carta Day
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802 years ago, King John was forced to do a deal with rebel barons on the meadows of Runnymede. They had become exasperated with his abuse o...
Monday, 29 May 2017
William the Marshal
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BBC Four showed an excellent documentary called "The Greatest Knight: William the Marshal". Some of its topics are close to so...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Was our area ravaged in 1066?
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I've recently been reading the Osprey Guide to the Campaigns of the Norman Conquest by Matthew Bennett. In a map entitled "William...
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Border Country
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Milton Keynes is now a peaceable part of a United Kingdom. But it has not always been that way (in a future post I will look at the motte an...
Saturday, 29 April 2017
History of the House of Lords
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I have a keen interest in the history of Parliament. I hope in the future to write a number of short posts about the history of that institu...
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