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Maud Heath and Beyond: Exploring the Lives of Women Before 1600
This blog post was written by Louise Ryland-Epton. The Victoria County History of Wiltshire are involved in an exciting new project recovering the lives of medieval women in Wiltshire. Louise Ryland-Epton tells us more about it. These monuments commemorate a medieval...
Using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a PhD research tool – Phil Winterbottom
In this blog, PhD student Phil Winterbottom reflects on the ways in which he has used BBIH as a tool to help him develop his historiographical knowledge and keep up to date with the latest research in his field. When I began my PhD research in 2020 I had not...
Glimpses of a Transnational Life: Frank Mathew and Imports of Everyday Goods in Fifteenth Century London.
The IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community has been carrying out some exploratory research on the potential of analysing London’s medieval customs accounts digitally. Detailed, or ‘particular’ customs accounts recorded immense detail...
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Features & Articles
Who were London’s ‘Ladies of Quality and Distinction’?
Janette Bright looks at the women who shaped the London Foundling Hospital, now remembered in a new exhibition of the ‘Ladies of Quality and Distinction’ at the Foundling Museum.
Women’s Suffrage at Home and Away
By Sara Charles Although the history of the women’s suffrage movement (and particularly the Suffragettes) often focusses on London, there was huge amount of activity throughout the U.K. and further afield in the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth...
Competition Open: Pollard Prize 2018
Entries are invited for this year's Pollard Prize (sponsored by Wiley) awarded for the best paper presented at an IHR seminar 2017-18 by a postgraduate student or by a researcher within one year of completing the PhD. First prize Fast track publication in the...
The proceedings of the ‘Happy Parliament’: 1624 records of House of Commons now online
Philip Baker, former Research Fellow of the History of Parliament and Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, explains the background to and completion of a History of Parliament project for which he was Editor. This new online resource provides access to primary...
Publications News
The IHR’s journal, ‘Historical Research’, moves to Oxford University Press
From February 2020, the IHR’s academic journal moves to Oxford University Press. The journal now has an international editorial board, an ambitious agenda for shaping future historical debates, and a bold new look.
A new look for the Bibliography of British and Irish History
The latest update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History (February 2020) adds two important enhancements: 4500 new records, plus a new user-interface making searching and browsing easier and quicker.
‘Book-ended’: the wonderful history of the Athlone Press
December 2019 sees the launch of the University of London Press, the new home for IHR publishing. Here Laura De’Ath looks back at the University’s publishing history with her new exhibition on the Athlone Press years (1948-78).
‘”Time come”. Britain’s black futures past’ – the 2019 Historical Research lecture now available
In June, Dr Rob Waters gave the 2019 ‘Historical Research’ lecture. Rob’s lecture, ‘”Time come”: Britain’s black futures past’ is now published in Historical Research, the IHR’s academic journal. It’s available free until December 2019, along with a commentary from Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry, director of the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre, De Montfort University.
Research & Resources News
Historians and BBIH: No 4: Walter Bower organises a conference
In our fourth encounter with historical historians, Walter Bower (1385-1449) uses the Bibliography of British and Irish History to find speakers for his conference – just as you can do.
Historians and BBIH — an adventure in 10 episodes. No. 3: Matthew Paris & reading lists
In Episode 3, the great Matthew Paris (c.1200-1259) shows you how to put together a reading list for teaching using BBIH. If it’s good enough for Matthew, then …
Historians and BBIH — an adventure in 10 episodes. No. 2: Gerald of Wales
In Episode 2 of ‘Historians and BBIH’, Gerald of Wales makes good use of the Bibliography, and its advanced search, to prepare for a tricky Ireland trip.
Historians and BBIH — an adventure in 10 episodes. No 1: Bede
Let’s take 10 famous, very historical historians and see what they do with the Bibliography of British History. We begin of course with Bede, who’s looking to research the history of Northumbria.