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The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII

Killing and dying

This lecture asks what weapons people owned in Henry VIII's England and whether they knew how to use them, some of its evidence drawn from coroners' inquests into accidents with bows, guns and swords.
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII

Trade and tillage

This lecture examines war and the economy in Henry VIII's England: heavy taxation and disrupted trade threatened recession.
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII

Towns and villages

This lecture uses the records of hundreds of parishes and boroughs to see how communities coped with the pressures of war in Henry VIII's England.
Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference

Designed to Kill : The Difficult Study of Military Design

Design is perceived by most as a positive concept meant to improve people lives. But it is first a means to answer efficiently a specific purpose. How can we morally accept that the act of killing led to the development of an important design industry?

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