By Davide Martino Environment & History, essay no. 8 In the eighth contribution to our ‘Environment & History’ series, post-graduate researcher Davide Martino reflects on his research into hydraulic philosophy in early modern European cities,...
By Karina Urbach Carl Eduard, Duke of Coburg was a grandson of Queen Victoria and one of Hitler’s most ardent supporters. In the 1920s he financed the radical right-wing terrorist organization Consul, which was involved in political assassinations. In the 1930s he...
In May we launched a new strand to the IHR’s Reviews in History series – inviting you to send in short, sharp commentaries on recent titles that impress and which you’d recommend to others. Essentially we like History books and we like talking about...
Sport and Leisure History20 June 2011Football and National Identity in Post-War England Christoph Wagner (De Montfort University)Huns vs Inselaffen: Anglo-German Football Rivalry, 1954-2000 In the 1950s and 1960s how was the rivalry between England and Germany in...
The rivalry with Germany has become legend for generations of English football fans. English victory in 1966 against their ‘old enemy’ continues to remind fans of a golden age – a moment to cling to and strive for. The two papers presented under the umbrella topic...
