Earth, ice, wind and fire: making men on the eighteenth-century Grand Tour

Nov 30, 2020

By Sarah Goldsmith   In this post Dr Sarah Goldsmith introduces her new book, Masculinity and Danger on the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour published by University of London Press on 30 November. Sarah’s book argues that  argues that dangerous experiences...

Risk or reward? An eighteenth-century tontine

Feb 15, 2019

By Diane Clements In 2018 Diane Clements graduated with an MRes from the Institute of Historical Research. Her 30,000-word dissertation looked at the workings of an eighteenth-century ‘tontine’, offering new insight on attitudes to private investment and...

“Depositories of local knowledge”: Using trade directories in the 19th-century town

Dec 11, 2018

By Cristina Sasse Nowadays, when we are new to a town or need to find information about a doctor or a certain type of shop, we use internet search engines, web mapping services, and mobile navigation apps to find what we want. We use social media, online...

What’s in a Name?: The ‘Conversation’ Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Apr 25, 2013

British History in the Long 18th Century7 November 2012Kate Retford (Birkbeck, University of London)What’s in a Name?: The ‘Conversation’ Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain  For the uninitiated (that would include me, I’m afraid!) ‘conversation’ pieces is a term...

The prevention of crime in late eighteenth-century Bristol: policing, the public, and the city

Oct 25, 2012

Metropolitan HistoryThe prevention of crime in late eighteenth-century Bristol: policing, the public, and the cityMatthew Neale (IHR)29 February 2012  This is a guest post by James Wilkinson, one of IHR Digital’s summer interns from the University of Leicester. The...