It has been a common theme among forum members and even among professional historians the idea of the industrial revolution as a well defined type of social process: a social situation requiring a certain set of conditions that, if satisfied, will trigger an "industrial revolution" in the society.

An "industrial revolution" is generally defined as being a radical discontinuity in the previous economic history of a society. It would be characterized by a shift...

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Gloomy in mood, The Ruin, tells of the decay of a once glorious city of Roman Britain (cities in Britain fell into decline after the Romans departed in the early 5th century, as the early English continued to live their rural life),

THE BRITISH CHRONICLES
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History! History is the systematic study of the retrospective; we humans judge our fellow beings descending from the past often with black and white notions. This black and white thinking gives a rather simplified approach of viewing events and individuals. Perhaps this is done subconsciously to make it easier for us to swallow the endless number of individual and incidents. Despite the prevailing method there is still a shade of grayness residing over history; some individuals fall into this category;...

During the last century, our technological and scientific progress has been immense. We advanced chemistry and used its breakthroughs in almost every aspect of life. We found ways (pesticides, fertilizers) to improve the agricultural production and feed more people. We created products on a mass scale that improve our daily life, or simply serve our vanity. We introduced medicines widely used that are essential to our survival, like antibiotics, and others, like the contraceptive pill that are crucial...

Visited Howden minster to day which is quite local to me, in fact I seem to live in the “minster triangle” of the North ! In places around the outside of the building there has been some restoration work done in new limestone. The stone is so white, and the edges and angles so crisp it is amazing. I always assumed that the skirt around the base of this and other similar buildings was always rounded, yet the restoration blocks demonstrate that these actually came to a sharp edge, it is the weathering...