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Art – whether in the form of cave art, rock art, decorated pottery or sumptuous metalwork and jewellery – is one of the most enigmatic aspects of prehistory. It has meanings and functions that are beyond our present understanding.
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Violence and conflict undoubtedly occurred in prehistoric Britain, but the archaeological evidence – mainly bodies with fatal injuries – is often subject to varying interpretations. Where earlier archaeologists identified massacres, revisionists have put forward less sensational explanations.
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Victorian Britain was both the greatest power in the world and the least militarised, with a standing army far smaller and less influential in public life than those of France, Prussia, Austria or Russia. Its military shortcomings were starkly revealed by the disastrous Crimean War (1854–6) and Boer Wars (1880–81 and 1899–1902).
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The classic Georgian building is the Classical country house, standing alone in its own landscaped park. But this is also the period that saw the first steps towards a coherent approach to town planning.
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The architecture of early Tudor England displayed continuity rather than change. Churches great and small were built in the Perpendicular Gothic style of the later Middle Ages. Later in the 16th century, however, the great country house came into its own.
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Roman Britain had the largest army of any of the provinces of the empire. Scotland and Ireland remained unconquered, and unrest on the northern frontier was a permanent problem, despite the strength with which Hadrian’s Wall was held.
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How, where and why a vast network of roads was built over the length and breadth of Roman Britain.
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The daily experiences of most people in Britain were eventually touched by its incorporation into the Roman Empire. But in the countryside, where most people lived, life continued to centre upon the enclosed world of the homestead and the grind of agricultural labour.
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The Romans introduced many new foods to Britain. Some people had access to professional medical care during the period, although most relied on herbal remedies.
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Mary Katherine Middleton lived at Belsay Hall in the early 20th century. She was one of the early women candidates for Parliament, standing in 1924 as a Conservative candidate for Wansbeck, Northumberland. Her story reveals how the pre-war period and the First World War fostered new opportunities for women in politics in the 1920s, the barriers in their way, and the legacy of the first women to stand for Parliament.