Anne of Kiev (c.1024–c.1075) and a reassessment of maternal power in the minority kingship of Philip I of France by Emily Joan Ward This article is a reassessment of Anne of Kiev as mother and guardian in the early years of the minority reign of her son, Philip I of...
Historical Research celebrates International Women’s Day with free access to the following articles on women’s health: Female barrenness, bodily access and aromatic treatments in seventeenth-century England by Jennifer Evans Across the seventeenth century...
Paper salvage in Britain during the Second World War by Henry Irving This article builds upon recent scholarship on the recycling – or ‘salvage’ – schemes organized by the British government during the Second World War. Viewing the act of recycling as part of an...
National Service: the University of London Library during the Second World War by Karen Attar During the Second World War, the Ministry of Information occupied London’s Senate House. The University of London Library continued to function in the building,...
Colonial autonomy and Cold War diplomacy: Hong Kong and the case of Anthony Grey, 1967–9 by James Fellows Recent literature has explored the substantial autonomy Hong Kong enjoyed under British imperial rule in the post-war period. We are, however, left without an...
‘You know I am all on fire’: writing the adulterous affair in England, c.1740–1830 by Sally Holloway This article analyses rare surviving adulterous love letters alongside published epistles and trial reports to reveal the practical and emotional importance of...
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