Archaeologists restoring a historic home in Kent, England discovered a 17th-century shopping list hidden under its ...
An example of a probate inventory from England in the late 17th century. This is the inventory of John Booth, a victualler (supplier of food and alcohol) from Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire, ...
The orange found in some of the cheddar you buy at the store may have its roots in a marketing scheme from a region in ...
A 17th-century British portrait featuring an identified Black subject is shedding new light on the lives of enslaved attendants in aristocratic households thanks to the rediscovery of a letter written ...
A remarkably unique 17th-century double portrait depicting a Black and white woman side-by-side as equals will remain in the U.K., it was announced today. It is due to go on display for the public ...
Seventeenth-century England comes thrillingly alive in Jonathan Healey’s energetic new history, “The Blazing World.” By David Cressy When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, ...
Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...
Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...
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