Laurence Brockliss: 3 books

Un magnífico ensayo sobre el fascinante papel del valido en la Europa de la era moderna. En los siglos XVI y XVII observadores ingleses, españoles, franceses y de otras naciones europeas se mostraban alarmados ante la creciente influencia de los validos, favoritos o ministros-favoritos. Estos...

Founded in the grounds of Magdalen College 500 years ago, Magdalen College School has been educating centuries of students. Originally intended to offer free tuition in grammar, it has attracted students from all walks of life and from all around the UK during its history. From a period of initial...

The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world. As yet, however, there has been no attempt to explore this concern historically and look at how the boundary between...