The Kingdom of Great Britain was established on May 1, 1707, through the Acts of Union, uniting the separate kingdoms and parliaments of England (including Wales) and Scotland into a single sovereign ...
In 937, the newly unified kingdom of England faced a massive coalition of Viking, Scottish, and Brittonic forces. This episode explores the Battle of Brunanburh and how Athelstan’s hard fought victory ...
When the cleric Robert Braybrooke, newly come from the sleepy deanery of Salisbury, began his tenure as Bishop of London on Jan. 5, 1382, the embers of rebellion were still smoldering in the Kingdom ...