Matt Firth writes about what Chaucer and his Shipman tell us of England and the sea
Theme: Seafaring and Navy
Sea 4 Pirates and Privateers - Members Only
The seamen of Devon and Cornwall will be one of England's secret weapons. But in Scotland came a development which would change the face of England's navy.
Sea 3 Catching a Crabbe - Members Only
Private enterprise, piracy and sate collusion – seafaring in the in 13th and 14th centuries
Sea 2 Eustace the Monk and the Angevins - Members Only
Britain, the sea and folktales through the story of Eustace the Monk
Sea 1 Origins - Members Only
The early centuries of British Navies - and a sea shanty to keep you going