A family in late 17th-century England led a simple, not to mention laborious ... It is estimated that in 1607 at least 80 percent of England's population lived in rural areas, in small villages, or on ...

Land, village life and petty crime: the workings of the medieval legal system Manor court records are a good mirror into the realities of life in rural England, believes Dr Spike Gibbs. He has been ...

Passionate love story set in 17th century rural England, charting the young John Ridd's search for revenge after his father's murder, and the chance encounter with beautiful Lorna Doone that ...

It also examines their content, and compares the English chapbooks with their French counterparts. By so doing, the author throws light on one of the influences at work on the seventeenth-century ...

When 'The Great Plague' struck 17th Century England, one rural community took decisive action that was unusual for the time, but still fascinates centuries later. Video by the BBC's Howard ...

If you think getting on the property ladder today is tough, spare a thought for early modern Welsh rural labourers ... "Long before the 17th Century, there are Welsh legends of wagers between ...