Tag: Treason Records and researchTreason against the state: the execution of Charles IMonday 30 January 2023Levying war against the Crown was one of the key treasonable offences defined by...Records and research‘Compassing and imagining’: Magic and civil warThursday 19 January 2023Magic (to the medieval mind at least) could be used to produce real-world effects...Records and research‘Compassing and imagining’: Treasonous wordsThursday 12 January 2023The crime of high treason, as first defined in law in 1352 and still...Records and researchLady Lisle: Reluctant rebel?Tuesday 6 December 2022Among The National Archives’ vast collections can be found the rather overlooked and somewhat...Behind the scenesThe trials and tribulations of treasonFriday 2 December 2022The Act of Treason was first written into English law by Parliament in 1352,...Records and researchHow the Gunpowder Treason was discoveredSaturday 5 November 2022Included in our State Papers collection is a letter written on 7 November 1605,...Records and researchThe Theatre Royal and The Case of Two Mad King GeorgesMonday 17 June 2013This coming weekend sees the celebration of London’s West End theatre ‘West End Live‘...
