The end of the war greatly eased the English government's near bankrupt financial state. England and Spain were at peace for the next 50 years. In 1604, a group of English Catholics, angered by ...

The wooden stakes were discovered by archaeologists in the moat of Sheffield's former castle. The coins were minted by Royalists who needed their own form of currency while under siege. The Black ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.