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Back to the Drawing Board: Vasa

January 6, 2021
2 mins read

Although Vasa was designed and built by an experienced Dutch shipbuilder, Henrik Hybertsson, she was larger than any vessel he had previously

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17th Century/Books

REVIEW – The King over the Water: a complete history of the Jacobites

January 7, 2020
6 mins read

Few today can recall much about the Jacobites, other than Bonnie Prince Charlie, ‘the Young Chevalier’, and his noble defeat at Culloden

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17th Century/Afghanistan/Ancient/Ancient warfare/Early Modern/Feature/Medieval

Afghanistan: graveyard of armies

April 13, 2018
8 mins read
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A huge, mountainous, landlocked Central Asian state, Afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Jules Stewart takes a look at the country’s

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17th Century/Early Modern/Feature

The Royal Navy’s Darkest Day: Medway 1667

June 14, 2017
8 mins read
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Patrick Boniface recalls one of the most humiliating defeats in the history of Britain’s Royal Navy. To the people of Chatham the

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17th Century/Back to the Drawing Board/Early Modern

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD – COMBINATION WEAPONS

September 13, 2012
1 min read
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You would think that combining two deadly weapons to create a super-weapon would be a smart move for any warmonger. Some combination

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17th Century/Battle Maps/Early Modern/Feature

The Defence of London: AD 1642

August 15, 2012
1 min read

Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism.   During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis

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16th Century/17th Century/Early Modern/News

Opinion – Battlefields of neglect

June 15, 2012
2 mins read

Neil Faulkner rails against the neglect of historic battlefields and a warped view of British history. Visit the battlefield of Evesham and

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17th Century/Early Modern

Pirates: the Royal Navy and the suppression of maritime raiding 1620-1830

April 27, 2012
6 mins read
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How did the Royal Navy deal with pirates in their 17th century heyday?

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17th Century/Battle Maps/Early Modern

Pirates! – the Royal Navy’s trade routes

April 12, 2012
1 min read
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British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?

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17th Century/Early Modern/Warriors

British Grenadiers – Soldier Profile

November 14, 2011
1 min read

Grenadier companies were first formed in the British Army in 1678, and were not finally abolished until 1855. By the time of

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