At the end of May 1444, representatives of England and France signed the Treaty of Tours. Initially it was heralded as great triumph for peace. However, as the details became more widely known, a great… Read More »The Treaty of Tours – Peace in Our Time 1444
Early in 1426, a tense, angry Parliament met at Leicester. One of the king’s uncles accused another of his uncles of treason. The atmosphere was tense, violence threatened to erupt at any time. England was… Read More »Parliament of Bats
Modern British democracy was born in the medieval parliament. However, in their nascent form, early parliaments were very far from democratic. Indeed, originally, they weren’t even called ‘Parliament’. Instead, they began life as the… Read More »Parliament and the Birth of Democracy