Category: political history AudioThe Land Tax 1692-1963Monday 1 August 2011The Land Tax was created in 1692 and was voted annually by Parliament until...AudioThe battle of Towton – a 550-year retrospectiveFriday 15 July 2011This talk introduces the biggest battle of the Wars of the Roses, described as...Audio1611-2011: The 400th anniversary of the King James BibleFriday 1 July 2011Pauline Croft examines the context of the translation of the King James Bible and...AudioBehind the scenes: two centuries of census-takingFriday 3 June 2011The census has been described as a ‘snapshot in time’, recording the nation as...VideoSession for Schools: Help Equiano End SlaverySaturday 16 April 201118th century writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano (George Eggay) invites students and teachers to...VideoSessions for Schools: The case for the TradeSaturday 16 April 2011An 18th century slave trader (played by actor Andrew Ashmore) puts the case against...AudioSecurity Service file release April 2011Monday 4 April 2011Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 26th Security Service records release, which contains 180 files,...AudioNew files from 1980Thursday 30 December 2010An introduction to newly released files from 1980, covering subjects such as economic policy,...AudioThe Cabinet Papers 1915-1979Friday 3 December 2010Mark Dunton, The National Archives’ contemporary records specialist, explains how anyone with an interest...AudioCatch-up history and the Cold WarFriday 3 September 2010Professor Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, London University, and...AudioReforming Central Government: The case of science and technologyWednesday 18 August 2010In this paper Professor David Edgerton considers Churchill’s approach to science and technology during...AudioTreaties in The National ArchivesFriday 23 July 2010James Cronan introduces some of the most richly decorated and important documents held at... « 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 »