Two years before Burlington Arcade opened, the Gentleman’s Magazine published an article describing some of the reasons for its construction: It is said that after numerous deliberations, Lord George Cavendish [1st Earl of Burlington] has determined to appropriate a...
Political texts on the Web, documenting laws and policies and the process leading to them, are of key importance to government, industry, and every individual citizen. Yet access to such texts is difficult due to the ever increasing volume and complexity of the...
Recovering Charles I’s art collection: some implications of the 1660 Act of Indemnity and Oblivion. Andrew Barclay After 1660 Charles II attempted to recover those royal goods which had been sold off by parliament following his...
New virtual issue on Elections: a collection of previously published articles from Historical Research and podcasts from the IHR research seminar series. Content freely available until the end of May 2015 Parliamentary Elections in the Reign of Edward I. J. S....
2015 seems to be a year marking many notable anniversaries: 800 years since Magna Carta; 750 years since the first elected Parliament representing all of England; 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo; 50 years since the death of Sir Winston Churchill; and the First...
Entries are invited for this year’s Pollard Prize (sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.) awarded for the best paper presented at an IHR seminar 2014-15 by a postgraduate student or by a researcher within one year of completing the PhD. First prize Fast...
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