James Davidson
February 24, 2022
New from the Devon and Cornwall Record Society, James Davidson’s East Devon Church Notes, edited by Jill Cobley, sheds light on the history of East Devon’s churches from the Middle… READ MORE
Category: Early Modern and Modern History
Cottage Gardens and Gardeners in the East of Scotland, 1750-1914
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
Royalism, Religion, and Revolution: Wales, 1640-1688… and now?
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
The Real Agricultural Revolution
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
Contesting Orthodoxies in the History of Christianity
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
Irish History
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
The London Record Society
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
Erasmus Darwin’s Gardens
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
Britain and the German Churches, 1945-1950
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
The State Trials and the Politics of Justice in Later Stuart England
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
Q&A with Seth Peabody: Exploring German Film History