Envy of Kings: The Guildhall of London and the Power of the Medieval Corporation The government of the City of London is older than...
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
Plato's Cave: Thinking about Climate Change In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave...
Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Logarithms: Mobile Phones, Modelling & Statistics? Logarithms were perhaps once thought of as just an old-fashioned...
Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
How to Prove 1=0, And Other Maths Illusions In this lecture I will show you some mathematical illusions...