Sep 18, 2023
Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) Sexual and Racial identity intern, Dr Leah Veronese, discusses how the BBIH can be used in the classroom: she outlines an undergraduate seminar she has designed and taught on eighteenth century representations of...
Feb 20, 2023
In this blog post, Dr Ben Guy reflects on his recent appointment as the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) section editor for medieval Wales, drawing attention to the importance of the BBIH for providing coherence to the historical subject of ‘Medieval...
Feb 28, 2013
Studies of Home9 January 2013Abigail Williams (University of Oxford)Sighs and settees: recovering the lost history of reading aloud in the eighteenth century What did we do before television? Radio, of course! But what did we do before Radio? In the fifteenth...
Apr 20, 2012
Perhaps it’s the library geek in me but I enjoy articles which describe the construction and improvement of online searching. One such piece is by Patrick Spedding about using the Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). This collection is derived from the...
Apr 19, 2012
The Siege of Jerusalem is a Middle English poem from the late fourteenth century which relates the fall of the city in 70AD. Literary critics and historians have discussed the poem, particularly focusing on its anti-Semitism and graphic portrayal of violence. There...
