London coffee houses of the late eighteenth century
Anna Brinkman-Schwartz’s latest article ‘The heart of the maritime world: London’s ‘mercantile’ coffee houses in the Seven Years’ War and the American War of Independence, 1756–83’ (open access) is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here...
Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s
Gwilym Dodd’s latest article ‘Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s’ is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here he explains more about this subject, and the problems with analysing historical...
Rehabilitating the past: the former ruling house of Germany wants financial compensation
By Karina Urbach Carl Eduard, Duke of Coburg was a grandson of Queen Victoria and one of Hitler’s most ardent supporters. In the 1920s he financed the radical right-wing terrorist organization Consul, which was involved in political assassinations. In the 1930s he...
Polesworth abbey (Warws.) and the Marmion lord of Tamworth castle
By Nigel Tringham Founding a monastic house in middle ages could be a complicated affair, as revealed in this blog by Nigel Tringham introducing his article – ‘Polesworth abbey (Warws.) and the Marmion lord of Tamworth castle: using an Anglo-Saxon saint’s cult in the...