Britain. The Wisest Fool in Christendom
The first, and only, monarch to have been personally involved in propagating the idea of Britain as one nation is the Stuart James VI and I, to put his titles in their chronological order. Over […]
The first, and only, monarch to have been personally involved in propagating the idea of Britain as one nation is the Stuart James VI and I, to put his titles in their chronological order. Over […]
There are four incidents following the replacement of James II with William and Mary that are worth noting. Firstly there is Killiecrankie and the charge of the Highlanders under Dundee. The Highlanders took advantage of […]
What happened when William and Mary became King and Queen
When you think of it, when the people heard that the monarchy was being restored in the shape of Charles 11 it must have been like the announcement of the vaccine; people would be able […]
Until I studied it, I thought the Stuart era, from James 1 and V1 was the Civil War, Charles getting his head chopped off and Bonnie Prince Charlie but there’s a lot more to it […]
One interesting facet of the navy of the Stuart era is the introduction of convoys with escorts, much like the U-Boats in WW2. Obviously there were no U-Bots but there were privateers and ships with […]
In N.A.M. Rodger’s The Command of the Seas I may have found, in the battle of Vigo, the story through which I can introduce the Stuart navy. First some background. After the exhausting wars of […]