Queenship and the language of politics in the thirteenth-century

Queenship and the language of politics in the thirteenth-century

Nov 29, 2018

By Anaïs Waag Until very recently medieval studies was dominated by the perception that women were actively kept away from political power – a notion we owe mainly to nineteenth-century historians. While there was undoubtedly a preference for male rulers throughout...
Walking and Talking Feminist History in the East End

Walking and Talking Feminist History in the East End

Oct 5, 2018

By Jessica Bryant and Lara Mills  On 3rd July 2018, we were given the opportunity to sit down with two childhood friends who became involved in the Women’s Rights Movement during the 1970’s, Clare Manifold and Vanessa Hall-Smith. They created the ‘Feminist History in...

Women and autobiography in the 16th and 17th centuries

Aug 4, 2016

This post has kindly been written for us by IHR Digital intern Katherine Cassidy. As a history undergraduate endeavouring  to write my dissertation, Connected Histories has been a vastly useful resource for conducting my primary source research. In short, the website...

Ursula Bloom’s First World War

Mar 17, 2014

In a previous post I mentioned an article which analysed the newspaper reporting of the beginning of the First World War. By happenstance I had begun to read the autobiography of the prolific writer Ursula Bloom – Youth at the Gate – which documents the beginning of...