Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country Back Together

The referendum may have rent the country asunder like no other issue in recent memory, but there are significant resonances with events in the past. Almost 500 years ago, in a sixteenth-century version of Article 50, Britain made a break from Europe, declaring the King - rather than the Pope - Supreme Head of the English Church.

The split did not end the story. In the turmoil that followed, 'fake news' spread, families were divided and blood was shed.

However, an attempt was made to find a p...