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Battle of Flodden on 9th September 1513 by Sir Edward Burne-Jones A Day in History - 9th September 1513   At 4pm on the 9th of September 1513, a salvo of artillery marked the beginning of one of the most devastating battles in Scottish history - the Battle of Flodden. The clash effectively ended the Treaty of Perpetual Peace signed in 1502 between England and Scotland, an agreement that had tentatively drawn a close to over a century of intermittent warfare. Yet by 1513, ten

A Day in History - 20th April 1290 At the forefront of the Arthurian Legend stands the image of King Arthur's Great Table, around which...

Medieval illustration of serfs harvesting wheat Serfdom, a medieval term, is commonly described as the condition in which a tenant farmer was bound to a hereditary plot of land and the will of his landlord. [1]  They obtained their subsistence by farming a plot of land owned by these aforementioned lords, thus differing from slaves who were bought and sold without reference to this land, yet still having a lack of personal freedoms held by freemen. This study will mainly focu

Corfe Castle Ruins The remnants of Corfe Castle continue to stand strong a thousand years to the day that the first foundation was laid. Its tenure over the land has witnessed the shifting of time from the period of William the Conqueror (1066-1087) towards that of Richard I (1189-1199) and numerous other famous royals. Despite the partial destruction in 1646, Corfe’s colourful history had already been written and continues to be a favourite landmark for adults and children a