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Northamptonshire and the Anarchy – England’s First Civil War

Long before “the” English Civil War of the 1640s, England had already torn itself apart in a number of other brutal internal conflicts. The first of these… Read more “Northamptonshire and the Anarchy – England’s First Civil War”

People tend to think the Norman Conquest began in 1066, on a battlefield. But the fuse was lit a decade earlier, and rather closer to home. It… Read more “How Northampton Caused the Norman Conquest”

Trial by jury feels like one of those things that has always existed, part of the natural furniture of English justice. But it had to start somewhere.… Read more “Jury Trials – Made in Northamptonshire”