In the Middle Ages, England emerged as one of the most influential and powerful kingdoms in Europe – a far cry from its desolate, devastated state after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Over the ...

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For Britons the end of the tax year looms on April 5th. Why such a seemingly random date? In the Middle Ages England’s tax year—or a nascent version of it—ended on Lady Day, March 25th, a religious ...