When I was doing my History A-level in the early 1990s we were still using John Elliott’s Imperial Spain 1469-1716, quite remarkably given that it was originally published in 1963.Assuming this reflected more on Elliott’s lasting domination of the field...
The events of 1688 have been seen by historians following in the footsteps of the Macaulay as a ‘preserving’ revolution, which allowed Britain to avoid the fate of France and its ‘destructive’ revolution of a century later.Following recent...
The History On-line April bibliographic update is now online. Browse the history books to be published between April-June 2010, or view the latest articles from the leading history journals.
This week (through total coincidence rather than any careful planning on my part I hasten to add) we have an interesting juxtaposition of two biographies and two works on religious history.It’s certainly difficult to draw any obvious parallels between the careers of...
The latest issue of the IHR’s magazine, Past and Future, is now available. This issue includes a trip behind the scenes of the V&A’s new Medieval and Renaissance galleries by curator Glyn Davies; an exploration of Soviet deaf theatre by Scouloudi...
World War II Quarterly has changed its name to Global War Studies: The Journal for the Study of Warfare and Weapons, 1919-1945. The latest issue contains an historiographical survey of the military aspects of Winston Churchill’s career and a section entitled New...
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