Category Archives: Historians

Enrichment – something to read.

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you can read a review of “Rival Queens” by Professor Williams in The Herald. The book suggests “that story needs re-tuning”, and would be excellent summer reading for Year Twelve historians. “Mary crossed the Solway Firth to England in the hope her cousin … Continue reading →

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History Today -why the Amada failed.

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Year Twelve, If the click here you will get to Geoffrey Woodward’s 1988 article considering the reasons why the Armada failed. He concludes “when the responsibility for the failure of the Spanish Armada is apportioned, the lion’s share of the blame should go … Continue reading →

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Obituary – John Bossy

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Year Twelve, Apologies – this news passed me by at the time. You will come across John Bossy when you write on Elizabethan religion. He was very much an original thinker, and wrote beautifully. He died in December, and Simon … Continue reading →

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