New reviews: Pamphlets, God, Canada and the Great Game

Jun 26, 2014

I was all set to try and tie things in with the World Cup this week, but what with England already having disembarked at Luton there really doesn’t seem much point. Oh, and none of the books are football-related in any way… So away from the ignominies of our...

New reviews: Monarchy & empire, Elizabeth’s bedfellows, German reconciliation & medieval gender

Jun 19, 2014

Welcome back to Reviews in History, your weekly digest of reviews of books and digital resources from across the subject. Thanks for all your birthday present suggestions last week! As many of you pointed out, there are few tight domestic situations that high-quality...

Renowned rural historian to head the Victoria County History project at the Institute of Historical Research

Jun 17, 2014

The Victoria County History (VCH) project, which publishes historical reference works on English counties and is coordinated by the School of Advanced Study’s Institute of Historical Research, is to get an internationally respected new Director and General Editor....

Historical Research: new early view articles

Jun 16, 2014

Intelligence and intrigue in the March of Wales: noblewomen and the fall of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, 1274–82 by Emma Cavell This article examines the part played by key baronial wives of the Welsh Marches in the defeat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1282. It explores the...

New reviews: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, early modern piety, Harlem, Mass Observers

Jun 12, 2014

Apologies for the absence of reviews last week – I was back up north on business (he said mysteriously) – and for the late arrival of this email today, for which my excuse is my sudden recollection that tomorrow is your deputy editor’s partner’s birthday, for which I...

New Reviews: Claire Tomalin interview, medieval memory, pyschoanalysis, early modern women

May 29, 2014

I’ve just finished reading, and would heartily recommend, Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe – which features various characters from the 1980s London literary scene, including by chance none other than this week’s Reviews interviewee, Claire...