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Military History
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Turncoats: When commanders swap sides

In the first of three articles about celebrated military figures who changed allegiances, Nigel Jones looks at shifting loyalties in English civil conflicts.

FAR LEFT The Society has developed a curriculum programme with 13 primary schools in north Herefordshire and south Shropshire. There is content on heraldry, castles, weapons and armour, and illuminated letter writing. The programme culminates in a living history day at Ludlow Castle, attended by the 350 plus pupils who have participated in the programme that year.

Current Archaeology
378

The Mortimer History Society

What is it about the members of the Mortimer family, powerful and ambitious lords of the March, that attracts people to the Mortimer History Society (MHS)?

Post Medieval decorated finger ring from Carreghofa

The Past

‘Memento mori’ among Welsh finds declared treasure

The artefacts, dating from the 9th-17th century AD, all once belonged to wealthy members of Welsh society.

BELOW The trained band marching in support of Edward VI on the way to the Battle of Barnet.

Military History
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1471: the Battle of Barnet

What actually happened on a Wars of the Roses battlefield? What was it like to fight in the 15th century? MHM analyses one of the most decisive battles of the war, blow by blow.