EditorialOwl mobbed by smaller birds. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Miniature) An owl, venturing out in daylight contrary to its usual habit, is mobbed by smaller birds. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England (Salisb...
EditorialMagna Carta and women'. In 1915, to coincide with Magna Carta’s 700th anniversary, the suffragette campaigner, Helena Normanton (d. 1957), published this essay on ‘Magna Carta and Women’. Appearing in the periodical The Englishwoman, Normanton’...
EditorialThe jurors who refused to convict William Penn in 1670 were fined and imprisoned for contempt of court because they returned a verdict with which the judge disagreed. One juror, Edward Bushell, refused to pay the fine and instead sued for a writ of hab...