The Salem Witch Trials are the most famous witch trials in history, but they actually were quite small compared to…
A "slightly" inaccurate representation of the First Thanksgiving It’s Thanksgiving, which means that the Pilgrims are in the news, and…
Plymouth, England was the final departure point of the Pilgrims on their voyage to the New World. It was also…
If you are familiar with the Pilgrim story you will know that they departed for America three different times. Dartmouth…
What follows is a section from an early draft of an introductory chapter to my Bradford biography. It ended up…
No research trip on William Bradford is complete without a visit to Austerfield Manor, his purported ancestral home. Unfortunately we…
It was a crucial moment for the Covenanters. An English army was marching against Scotland to impose the haughty will…
Early one morning I visited a London street where there is some chance Bradford lived A scant modern reference to…
It was a dazzling affair for Princess Isabella. She was the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, thus…
One of the hottest topics in modern history is slavery. This has bled over into study of the Pilgrims, even…