A medieval document held in the collection of Göttingen University's Faculty of Humanities has been identified as a forgery from the 18th century. The document was supposedly from 1266, but it ...
The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...
It was north-east Wales which developed the greatest range of industries. By the late 18th century there were 19 metalworks at Holywell and 14 potteries at Buckley; Holywell and Mold had cotton ...