Tudor Enclosure Movement

Tudor Enclosure Movement

After last week’s blog post on enclosure, I felt the need to go back further in time to understand the importance of enclosure in English land policy. I previously mentioned that enclosure first became prevalent during the Tudor dynasty, but…

Week 3: secondary research

As we move into using more secondary as well as primary sources, I want to help out a bit with finding good secondary sources. When historians use the term “scholarly article”, they usually mean something published in a peer-reviewed journal….

Queen Boudica's Sack of Londinium

Queen Boudica’s Sack of Londinium

After Queen Boudica sacked Londinium in 61 AD, it was rebuilt as a Roman-planned town to consolidate control over the region. Queen Boudica’s vicious sack of Londinium revealed how poorly planned the port city originally was. Queen Boudica was married…