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Using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a PhD research tool – Phil Winterbottom

Mar 8, 2024

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...

People’s Experiences of Nature and Environment in the IHR Library Collections

Oct 26, 2021

This post was written by Kate Wilcox, Reader Experience and Technical Services Manager at the IHR Library. It is part of a series of posts on Environmental History for History Day 2021. The IHR library holds many sources for environmental history, as outlined recently...

Kin support and the English poor: evidence from Lancashire, c.1620–1710

Jun 13, 2019

by Jonathan Healey How important were kinship ties in the support of the English poor? In this post Jonathan Healey introduces his new article – ‘Kin support and the English poor: evidence from Lancashire, c.1620–1710’ – published in the May 2019 issue of...

Reviews in History: ‘In Pursuit of Civility’, by Keith Thomas

Jan 31, 2019

By Joan Redmond In this post Dr Joan Redmond (King’s College, London) reviews Keith Thomas’ In Pursuit of Civility. Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England (Yale University Press, 2018). Joan’s essay originally appeared in December...

SPOT Newsletter: 22 September 2011

Sep 22, 2011

Franco-British History19 May 2011Catherine Hall (UCL)Troubled Memories: histories of the British slave trade and slavery Catherine Hall asks and answers a lot of questions about the construction and reconstruction of histories and memory of the British slave trade. ...

Using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a PhD research tool – Phil Winterbottom

People’s Experiences of Nature and Environment in the IHR Library Collections

Kin support and the English poor: evidence from Lancashire, c.1620–1710

Reviews in History: ‘In Pursuit of Civility’, by Keith Thomas

SPOT Newsletter: 22 September 2011

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