The Marlborough Mound in its garden setting
October 7, 2022
In 1548, the castle was granted to Edward duke of Somerset, Protector of the young Edward VI. He was executed in 1552, but his heirs retained the estates, and it… READ MORE
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Common Ground: The History of Britain’s Untamed Spaces
October 5, 2022
Why write a book about the history of uninhabited spaces, the mountains, moorlands, wetlands and heaths that lay beyond the fields, in between settlements? Many of these open spaces were… READ MORE
Books to Look out for in October 2022
October 3, 2022
The depiction and representation of performative acts in Old English texts; description of many of the finest examples of English Victorian Churches; a detailed study of the working relationship and… READ MORE
In Defense of Victorian Churches
September 29, 2022
A spirited take on architecture the author finds unfairly maligned and endangered: “this book has an elegiac quality, for not a few of my chosen works face an uncertain future.”… READ MORE
The Marlborough Mound and its missing castle
September 28, 2022
Within months of the Battle of Hastings, the Norman armies came to Marlborough, and – though we have no positive physical evidence to prove this, they created a rough fortification… READ MORE
Peer review and research integrity: a series editor’s view
September 27, 2022
In today’s blog we have an in-depth view on peer review from Karl Fugelso, Professor of Art History, Towson University; editor of the annual volume Studies in Medievalism and co-editor… READ MORE
Peer review and research integrity: a journal editor’s view
September 26, 2022
Continuing our Peer Review Week theme, Dr Hannes Kleineke, History of Parliament; and co-editor (with Linda Clark) of The Fifteenth Century series shares his thoughts on making effective peer reviewing…. READ MORE
Peer review and research integrity: a personal view
September 23, 2022
In our latest Peer Review Week related blog, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Professor Emerita, Fordham University and previous Director of York Medieval Press, shares her personal views on the importance of Peer… READ MORE
Peer review and research integrity: listening in on a publisher’s perspective
September 22, 2022
Have you ever wondered how a scholarly publisher publishing over 200 new titles a year actually gets the peer review process to work effectively? Continuing our series of blogs celebrating… READ MORE
Peer review and research integrity: An Author’s Perspective
September 21, 2022
Why is peer review such a vital part of the scholarly book publishing process? Continuing our series of blogs for Peer Review week, Vidal Romero author of Security and Illegality… READ MORE
The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe, 1800-1840