History Magazine
King Harold I – Harold Harefoot
The reign of King Harold I, otherwise known as Harold Harefoot, is often overshadowed by that of his famous father, Cnut…
Admiral John Byng
“In this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others”. This comment is taken from Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ which commented on the execution of the Admiral John Byng on 14th March 1757, with the charge of “failing to do his utmost”…
Rise and Fall of Thomas Cranmer
On 21st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake for heresy. A Protestant martyr in the reign of Bloody Mary, Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and played an important role in Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon…
Harthacnut
Harthacnut, sometimes known as Canute III, reigned for a short time over his inherited kingdoms both in Denmark and England. However he struggled to hold onto the legacy left to him by his famous father, King Cnut…
Death of the Prince Imperial: Zulus end Napoleonic Dynasty
Four days before Lord Chelmsford’s invading force ended the Anglo-Zulu War by defeating King Cetewayo’s army at the Battle of Ulundi, a Zulu impi killed Louis Napoleon, the heir to the French throne. The Prince Imperial’s death on 1 June 1879 ended the Napoleonic dynasty and dashed French royalists’ hopes of restoring the monarchy to republican France…