British Heritage
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:10 pm
As tensions between Parliament and the Crown heated toward what became the English Civil War, dissenting Puritans in the Eastern Counties sought refuge from economic hardship and religious persecution. To the shores of Massachusetts Bay they brought their spiritual ideals and way of life.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:10 pm
Prince Owain Glyndwr led a successful people's rebellion against England's iron-fisted rule in the early 15th century and arguably became the most famous and highly reguarded figure in Welsh history.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
From Shakespeare to Conan Doyle, this southern county has known the poets and storytellers of England's past.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Facts About the Life Of Eleanor Of Aquitaine. Biographical information, facts, and timelines of the Accomplishments of Queen Eleanor Of Aquitaine.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
This Welshman founded what was, arguably, England's greatest dynasty.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
In Britain as on the Continent, the Middle Ages were a golden era of monasticism that saw the flowering of grand foundations of surpassing architectural beauty. Ironically, the dawn of the English Renaissance signaled their demise.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
One of the greatest wits of the Victorian age, Wilde fell victim to the harsh justice of his day.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
John Logie Baird was one of several inventors in Europe and the U.S. in a neck-and-neck race to claim the title of 'first' to develop the technology to transmit and receive moving pictures, television.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
John Knox has been roughly handled by posterity, leaving him a reputation that some historians argue is undeserved.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel captivates visitors with its elaborate 15th-century stonework and its mysterious legends.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Exploring the storied mountains and glens of the western Highlands with a 6-year-old would-be wizard.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
In August of 1888, London's East End witnessed the first of many gruesome murders, forever unsolved, by the madman we know as Jack the Ripper.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
England's first great historian composed his manuscripts in a cold, dimly lit cell in a Benedictine monastery.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Shakespeare's plays rank among the most artistic works of literature ever created, but there is much debate about who really wrote them.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Elizabeth I was the first English Queen to lend her name to an entire age. But in the half-century known for its pageantry and glamour, things were not always as they seemed.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Three generations of British mountaineers committed themselves to standing where no one ever had before.
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