With the launch of History SPOT the Institute of Historical Research have also launched a brand new handbook written by our own Dr Mark Merry on the subject of designing databases for historical research. Mark is the primary tutor on our various Databases course and...
As this rewarding project draws to a close, I thought I’d share the central plank along which it has run here at the Institute of Historical Research. We used several qualitative tools to draw up an issue list, a document containing each problem which our...
Intriguingly, a search of Connected Histories reveals only 34 references to the term ‘Indian summer’ (and that from an estimated 5.6 billion words and 140,000 images relating to British history from 1500 to 1900). The reference in the Old Bailey Online is...
By the 1990s, even historians were finding it difficult to ignore the potential implications of what was variously described as postmodernism, post-structuralism, or the linguistic or cultural turn. Theory, so often seen as dangerously continental, even succeeded in...
I have been working on the series English Historical Documents for a forthcoming digital project. These 14 volumes collect key primary sources for the history of England, Scotland and Wales between 500 and 1957. There are lots of interesting documents to be found...
Would you like to participate in our online user testing for ReScript and British History Online? As part of our usability testing, we are currently running two quick and easy online tests to help us to make sure we are giving you everything you need on our sites. By...
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