November 29, 2021
In her fascinating new book, Catherine Rice shows how vitally significant their gardens were to the living standards and social standing of the workers who tended them. As revealed here,… READ MORE
November 4, 2021
Early modern historians can usually only dream of their work becoming relevant, their meanderings in the faraway lives and ideas of the past suddenly popping up as current affairs. Royalism, Religion… READ MORE
October 25, 2021
Agriculture carries with it the impression of tradition, knowledge and skills as old as the land itself. But in order for farmers to meet our needs, agriculture has always had… READ MORE
October 18, 2021
Just as their collection does in the year of his 70th birthday, the editors of Contesting Orthodoxies pay tribute to Diarmaid MacCulloch and the example he has set in his teaching and writing. … READ MORE
October 15, 2021
Boydell has long published on all aspects of Ireland’s history and literature – we even publish a delightful travel guide for visitors – and the last year or so has… READ MORE
September 8, 2021
The London Record Society is a charity founded in 1964 to stimulate interest in archives relating to London. With the publication of their latest title The London Jubilee Book, 1376-1387… READ MORE
August 19, 2021
This was originally published on the University of Derby’s blog. Reposted here by kind permission. While much attention has been given to Derby and Lichfield doctor Erasmus’s poetry, Erasmus Darwin’s… READ MORE
August 6, 2021
The only institution of any size that remained in German hands after May 1945 was the Church. As a result of promising ‘religious freedom’, the ‘churches’ escaped direct control. As… READ MORE
August 4, 2021
Brian Cowan is a Professor of History at McGill University. Scott Sowerby is an Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University. As they write here, although the term “state trial”… READ MORE
July 28, 2021
Here the editors of this detailed look at the role of clerics during a turbulent period tell us about how they chose to represent the clergy of the time and… READ MORE
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