
History, folk takes, true crime and everything in between with early modern historian Rebecca Rideal.
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By 1719, the Great Plague of 1665 was a distant memory. The population in London skewed young, with an average life expectancy of between 35 and 40. Only those in their late 50s could claim to have a genuine memory of the epidemic that saw...
The weather is a conversation that sometimes comes up when I’m teaching. No, not the British small talk variety of weather chat. Rather, how do we know what the weather was like in the past? And, why might it be important?
The first questi...
On 5 November 1688, William of Orange landed in Brixham, Torbay, with 14,000 troops. Within seven weeks, his father-in-law, King James VII & II, would flee to France and William would be declared King of England, Ireland and Scotland, along...
It was 6pm on Wednesday 5 November 1673, and thousands of Londoners flooded towards Poultry market. Led by a procession of hundreds of torches, the crowd followed an effigy of the Whore of Babylon.
The life-like model had been arranged by...
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As you may be able to see from your email, the Substack has had a change of name. Don’t worry, though. This is still a place dedicated to histories, mysteries and more.
In that spirit, here’s a chilling 19th-century murder mystery...
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Historian of 17th-century. Teaches at Oxford University. Author of 1666: Plague, War & Hellfire.
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