There are moments in history where a great deal hangs in the balance, meaning that if things had turned out slightly differently, the history which followed would be very different. In the history of ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, published continually since 1872, comprises the papers read before the leading ...