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- 10:41, March 30, 2007 diff hist +439 New! Sheriff New page: A sheriff is an administrative and legal officer in a county, or shire. The word is derived from the Old English "shire-reeve" (a "reeve" is an administrative officer). Practices h...
- 10:33, March 30, 2007 diff hist +438 New! Robin Hood New page: Robin Hood was a medieval English outlaw who opperated mostly in the area of Nottingham. Historians are divided in their opinion as to whether he actually existed or not, or if so, in ...
- 10:28, March 30, 2007 diff hist +218 Western Civilisation
- 10:23, March 30, 2007 diff hist +1 Western Civilisation
- 10:23, March 30, 2007 diff hist +389 New! Western Civilisation New page: Western Civilisation is the name given to one of the four geat and ancient civilisations of the world. It began in Ancient Greece more than 3000 years ago, and currently covers Europe,...
- 10:19, March 30, 2007 diff hist +456 New! Classical New page: The Classical period in European history is the name given to the period preceeding the Medieval period. Classical history, and indeed Western Civilisation in general, begins in [[...
- 10:12, March 30, 2007 diff hist +873 New! Old English New page: Old English is the name given to the earliest written phase of the English language. English is derived from dialects of North Sea Germanic spoken around the coasts of the [[North ...
- 10:02, March 30, 2007 diff hist +602 New! Medieval New page: The Medieval period, otherwise known as the Middle Ages, was a period in the history of Europe that came after the Classical period, and before the Modern period. Traditionally the Med...
- 09:49, March 30, 2007 diff hist +1,092 New! County New page: A county, otherwise known as a shire, is a unit of local government that exists in most, and historically, all English speaking countries of the world. The first shires were the ancient di...
- 09:37, March 30, 2007 diff hist +4 Somerset
- 11:58, March 29, 2007 diff hist +380 New! Precession of the equinoxes New page: The precession of the equinoxes describes an astronomical phenemoneon whereby the earth appears to wobble on its axis relative to the fixed stars. This wobble is very slow taking nearly 30...
- 11:52, March 29, 2007 diff hist +337 New! Theosophical Society New page: The Theosophical Society is an advocate of practices like meditation, reincarnation, and Eastern mysticism. It was founded in New York in 1875 by Madamme H.P. Blavatsky, but mo...
- 11:49, March 29, 2007 diff hist +242 New! Eastern mysticism New page: Eastern mysticism is a term for practices imported to the West from India, involving meditation and Buddhism. It became popular in the 1960s and forms part of the New Age m...
- 11:46, March 29, 2007 diff hist +160 New! Meditation New page: Meditation is a technique for producing an altered state of consciousness without the use of drugs. It usually involves sitting still for hours on end chanting.
- 11:45, March 29, 2007 diff hist +216 New! Acupuncture New page: Acupunture is an ancient Chinese form of alternative medicine which involves sticking pins into various parts of the body. There have been cases of operations being performed without a...
- 11:43, March 29, 2007 diff hist +227 New! Crystal ball New page: A crystal ball is a large sphere of glass used in divination. The practicioner stares into the ball until images appear in it. It is the most popular form of 'scrying', but other implement...
- 11:41, March 29, 2007 diff hist +459 New! Tarot card New page: Tarot cards are a deck of cards primarily used for divination. They are divided into 'major arcana' and 'minor arcana', with the latter resembling a normal deck of cards except that there ...
- 11:04, March 29, 2007 diff hist +725 New! Age of Aquarius New page: The Age of Aquarius is a time looked forward to by astrologers and others as heralding a New Age for humanity. It will occur when 'the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns ...
- 10:56, March 29, 2007 diff hist +613 New! New age movement New page: The New Age movement is a name given to are large collection of differing beliefs and practices, which all share a them of spiritual growth and development. Practices often included under ...
- 10:11, March 29, 2007 diff hist +729 New! Pelagianism New page: Pelagianism is a heretical Christian doctrine developed by a British monk named Pelagius around 400 AD. Although he was British, Pelagius mostly wrote in Rome, where he came to the attenti...
- 09:54, March 29, 2007 diff hist +404 New! Cider New page: Cider is a fermented alcoholic drink made from apples. There are some varieties of sparkling cider that are about the same strength as beer, but other varieties are much stronger and thick...
- 09:48, March 29, 2007 diff hist +401 New! Somerset New page: Somerset is a county in south-west England. It is the location of Glastonbury, often equated with the Isle of Avalon. It is most famous for its cider, which is appropriate,...
- 09:33, March 29, 2007 diff hist +239 New! Prince Madoc New page: Prince Madoc was a Welsh prince who left Wales in 1170 AD with a band of followers and is said to have discovered America. He returned to Wales to tell the tale, then set off again wit...
- 11:43, March 28, 2007 diff hist 0 Vortigern
- 11:42, March 28, 2007 diff hist +1,010 New! Vortigern New page: Vortigern was a king of England who has entered into legend as a proud tyrant. Historically speaking, he seems to have been the first ruler of England after the Romans left in 410 AD, thou...
- 11:18, March 28, 2007 diff hist +497 New! Ambrosius Aurelianus New page: Ambrosius Aurelianus, or Aurelius Ambrosius, or (in Welsh) Emrys Wledig, was a legendary king of England who reigned before Uther Pendragon, his brother. He was remembered as a great w...
- 11:12, March 28, 2007 diff hist +261 New! Uther Pendragon New page: Uther Pendragon ('Head of Dragon') was, in legend, the king of England before King Arthur. He asked Merlin to make a spell to disguise him as Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, to allow Ut...
- 11:01, March 28, 2007 diff hist +1,158 New! Merlin New page: Merlin is the famouus wizard and advisor to King Arthur. He was also advisor to Arthur's father King Uther Pendragon. In the earliest sources, such as Nennius, Merlin is apparently...
- 23:32, March 27, 2007 diff hist +1,893 Druidry Reverted vandalism (and recast a sentence that was contentious)
- 10:54, March 26, 2007 diff hist +654 Anno Domini
- 10:11, March 26, 2007 diff hist +1,925 New! Heptarchy New page: The Heptarchy was a period in the history of England when the country was divided into seven rival kingdoms: *Mercia, covering central England *Northumbria, covering northern Engl...
- 09:45, March 26, 2007 diff hist +408 New! Lyonesse New page: Lyonesse is a legendary land to the west of Cornwall in England jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was said to have been flooded in around 539 AD, but according to local stories i...
- 09:39, March 26, 2007 diff hist +294 New! Star Trek franchise New page: Star Trek is an American TV programme started in 1966 that involves a crew of space explorers travelling around the universe in a giant spaceship called the Enterprise, and set in the futu...
- 08:02, March 26, 2007 diff hist +694 Talk:British Isles
- 22:41, March 25, 2007 diff hist +589 New! Time machine New page: A time machine is a device which allows its user to travel through time, either to the past or the future. In general, such a device is believed to be against the laws of physics, though a...
- 22:28, March 25, 2007 diff hist +341 New! Doctor Who New page: Doctor Who is a British TV programme started in 1963 and still going strong today. It centres around a character named Doctor Who, who travels around the universe in a time machine cal...
- 22:21, March 25, 2007 diff hist +649 New! Aliens New page: An alien is an inhabitant of another planet. Many aliens exist in fictional works, such as the TV series Doctor Who and Star Trek, but in real life there is no real evidence that t...
- 22:12, March 25, 2007 diff hist +711 New! UFO New page: The word 'UFO' stands for 'Unidentified Flying Object', but has come in general usage to mean a spaceship from outer space, piloted by aliens, or non-human extraterrestrials. UFOs are ...
- 16:40, March 25, 2007 diff hist +1,358 Knights Templar
- 00:12, March 25, 2007 diff hist +251 Benjamin Franklin
- 00:04, March 25, 2007 diff hist +51 Illuminati
- 17:15, March 24, 2007 diff hist +196 User talk:Dorpfeld
- 17:13, March 24, 2007 diff hist +235 User talk:Dorpfeld
- 17:05, March 24, 2007 diff hist +137 User talk:Dorpfeld
- 17:03, March 24, 2007 diff hist +1,748 New! Freemasonry New page: Freemasonry is a very large worldwide organisation mostly for men, but there are some branches that also accept women and a few exclusively for women. Local branches are called 'lodges', a...
- 14:04, March 24, 2007 diff hist +365 New! Camlann New page: Camlann is the site of King Arthur's last battle against his nephew Mordred, said to have taken place in 539 AD. The location is disputed, but is most likely somewhere in Cornwall,...
- 13:59, March 24, 2007 diff hist +471 New! Mordred New page: Mordred was the nephew and, in some accounts, the son of King Arthur. His mother is sometimes given as Morgan la Fay, Arthur's sister, but more often as Maeonia, Morgan's young...
- 13:53, March 24, 2007 diff hist +370 New! Maeonia New page: Maeonia was said to be the younger sister of King Arthur and Morgan la Fay, and the mother of Mordred by an incestuous liaison with Arthur, who did not realise he was having se...
- 13:35, March 24, 2007 diff hist +226 Morgan la Fay
- 13:31, March 24, 2007 diff hist +445 New! Morgan la Fay New page: Morgan la Fay was the head of the order of virgin priestesses who guarded the Holy Grail on the Isle of Avalon, and who later received the mortally wounded King Arthur after th...