Two new Historical Research articles are now available on Early View: The establishment of a statutory militia in Ireland, 1692–1716: legislative processes and Protestant mentalities. NEAL GARNHAMA man of peaceable intent: Burckhardt, the British and Red Cross...
The new Reviews in History website can be found here. All the content from Reviews’ previous incarnation is here, but with much improved search- and browsability and (we hope) a more aesthetically pleasing look. Feedback is welcome and should be sent to the...
Intriguing evidence about the death of Amy Dudley is explored in a new book by Chris Skidmore – “Death and the Virgin”. The coroner’s report into the death and, more intriguingly, the membership of the jury are discussed in the Radio 4 Today...
Three new Historical Research articles are now available on Early View: Reconsidering the Empress Matilda’s act for Andwell. KATHLEEN THOMPSONPoliticizing national literature: the scholarly debate around La chanson de Roland in the nineteenth century. ISABEL N....
St George is a mysterious figure in many ways, claimed as their own by many different countries. How and why he emerged as the patron saint of England is the question Jonathan Good attempts to answer in his new book The Cult of St George in Medieval England, a review...
With the British Army having spent much of the last decade engaged in counter-terrorism activities in Afghanistan and Iraq, now is a salient time to revisit a previous episode of this kind from the mid-20th century.David Cesarani’s Major Farran’s Hat: Murder,...
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