Sometime before the start of the first millennium AD, the Celtic people of Western Europe took to boats and settled the two islands later known as Britain and Ireland. Since that time, the history of these two islands has been interconnected. The Irish invaded and created Scotland. The Norman British later returned the favour and launched an invasion that started centuries of fighting that lead to the political division of Ireland today.
Amidst this constant fighting, the two island have produced many of history's biggest names: King Arthur, St. Patrick, Henry VIII, Shakespeare, Thomas Moore, Duke Wellington, Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, and so many more.
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Against the advice of many, Charles organized another English army in 1640 to go and fight the Scottish Covenanters. more...
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In 1640, Charles I called his first Parliament in eleven years. Instead of getting the funding he wanted for war with Scotland, he got an ear-full of English indignation. more...
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In the wake of the Prayer Book Crisis, the Scottish Convenanter army marched to England. Charles I formed his own rag-tag army to meet them in the first of two Bishop's W more...
The Scottish Prayer Book Crisis, 1637
In: Scottish History
In 1637, King Charles I and Archbishop William Laud tried to enforce the use of a new prayer book in Scotland. The result was riot, rebellion, and war. more...
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Charles I's appointment of William Laud as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 caused a deepening divide within the Protestant Church of England. more...
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During the 1630's Charles I experimented with a number of ways to raise money without recourse to parliament. His ship money scheme finally led to a court battle. more...
Hugh O'Neill meets Robert Devereux
In: UK/Irish History (general)
In 1599, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, left their opposing armies and meet alone in river to discuss the fate of Ireland. more...
Containing over eighty stories, including the famous Táin Bo Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) the Ulster Cycle is the largest of the Irish Mythological Cycles. more...
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Factory Chimneys in Italian Renaissance Style
In: Georgian/Victorian Britain
By: Kathleen Duffy
Charles Dickens and the Metropolitan Police
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Rupert Taylor
In: Tudor History
By: Kim Rush
The Bloody Code and The English Legal System
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