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  • The Early Stuart Parliaments

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Mr Simon Healy from the History of Parliament Research Project looks at the Early Stuart Parliaments.
    The Early Stuart Parliaments
  • The Islamic conquest of Spain and the Reconquista

      Medieval European History
    In this podcast Dr Francois Soyer, of the University of Southampton, looks at the establishment of an Islamic Spain, the transmission of knowledge from the Islamic world to Latin Christendom and the Reconquista
    The Islamic conquest of Spain and the Reconquista
  • The Vikings

      Medieval European History podcast
    An HA Podcasted History of the Vikings featuring Professor Rosamond McKitterick.
    The Vikings
  • Saladin and the Third Crusade

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Dr Tom Asbridge of Queen Mary, University of London examines Saladin's rise to power, his motivations, his achievements and his legacy.
    Saladin and the Third Crusade
  • The Second Crusade

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Jonathan Phillips of Royal Holloway, University of London examines the Frankish establishment of control of the coast, economic and political development of the Latin East, the Revolt of Count Hugh of Jaffa and Melisende, Edessa and the re-emergence of Jihad, Bernard of Clairvaux, motives for going...
    The Second Crusade
  • The First Crusade - Antioch, Edessa, the fall of Jerusalem and the Crusader States

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Riley-Smith examines Antioch: the turning point of the Crusade, Edessa, the advance on Jerusalem, the use of modern warfare, the massacre of Jerusalem, ethnic cleansing, the consequences of the fall of Jerusalem and the creation of the Crusader States.
    The First Crusade - Antioch, Edessa, the fall of Jerusalem and the Crusader States
  • The First Crusade - Development across Europe and Asia Minor

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Riley-Smith looks at the epic nature of the First Crusade and how the crusade proceeded across Europe and Asia Minor.
    The First Crusade - Development across Europe and Asia Minor
  • The First Crusade - Causes and Consequences

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith gives an outline of events and causes of the First Crusade.
    The First Crusade - Causes and Consequences
  • The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation

      Medieval World History
    An HA Podcasted History of the Rise of an Islamic Civilisation featuring Dr Caroline Goodson of Birkbeck, University of London.
    The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation
  • Edward III

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Mark Ormrod of the University of York looks at the domestic impact of Edward III's reign.
    Edward III
  • Edward I: Law and State

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Dr Philip Morgan discusses Edward I's impact on Law and State.
    Edward I: Law and State
  • Roman Britain

      Ancient British History
    An HA Podcasted History of Roman Britain featuring Guy de la Bédoyère.
    Roman Britain
  • The Chartists

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans examines the development of the Chartist movement and its legacy.
    The Chartists
  • Early British Radicals

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans looks at the early British radicals from Thomas Paine and Mary Wollenstoncraft to the Peterloo Massacre and the Reform Crisis.
    Early British Radicals
  • The Development of Parliament during the Tudor period

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Dr Sue Doran looks at Parliament as a point of contact between the crown and the community, she explores whether there was an organised puritan opposition group, looks at the growing influence of parliaments under Elizabeth and how Elizabeth managed her parliaments.
    The Development of Parliament during the Tudor period
  • Recorded webinar series: The power of maps

      Multipage Article
    Historians use maps a lot – or at least they should. They help us to understand global relations, environmental and social change and they help to reveal how the world was understood and explored in the past. This webinar series is an opportunity to hear three world class academics explore different aspects...
    Recorded webinar series: The power of maps
  • Recorded webinar: Researching the history of migration and refugees in Europe

      When the present informs the past
    Research on the history of migration continues to flourish and grow, but scholarship is also becoming increasingly splintered, often focusing on particular settings or population groups. Migration is often used as a way to discuss questions of national identity or diverse religious, ethnic, religious and local identities in the UK,...
    Recorded webinar: Researching the history of migration and refugees in Europe
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Locating and Mapping the Jews of Medieval Lincoln

      Article
    As part of a project to identify and write biographies of all of the Jews of the medieval Lincoln Jewry, Natasha Jenman, Luka Liu, and Josh Outhwaite have been working on records of Jewish property ownership in the city across the thirteenth century. This allows them to identify those individuals who will be...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Locating and Mapping the Jews of Medieval Lincoln
  • Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson

      Article
    In Goethe: His Faustian life, award-winning biographer, critic and writer A. N. Wilson tells the spellbinding story of the life of Goethe. From his youth as a wild literary prodigy, to his later years as Germany’s most heroic intellectual figure, Wilson hones in on Goethe’s undying obsession with the work he would spend his...
    Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society

      Article
    Red Lion Square was long one of London's most genteel addresses, home to nobles, scholars, and professionals. But on 25 March 1818, one house on the south side opened its doors to quite another class of person, as the Mendicity Society began its business. Set up to solve the growing...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
  • Virtual Branch Recording: The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949

      Diaries and Personal Experiences
    In this talk Professor Henrietta Harrison uses diary records to think about the experience of living through the revolution in China in 1949, focussing on what it meant to Chinese people, how they learned about its practices and ideology, and how this changed their lives - whether they were radical intellectuals returning...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949
  • Virtual Branch Recording: From Pirates to Princes: Normans in Eleventh Century Europe

      Article
    Normandy originated from a grant of land to Rollo, a Viking leader, in the early tenth century. By the end of that century Normans were to be found in southern Italy, then in Britain and, at the end of the eleventh century, in the near East on the First Crusade....
    Virtual Branch Recording: From Pirates to Princes: Normans in Eleventh Century Europe
  • Virtual Branch recording: Empires of the Normans

      Virtual Branch Film
    How did descendants of Viking marauders come to dominate Western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land and the Middle East? In this Virtual Branch talk Levi Roach, author of Empires of the Normans, tells a tale of ambitious adventures...
    Virtual Branch recording: Empires of the Normans
  • Virtual Branch recording: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom

      The Black Crown
    How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleon's invading troops and become king of the first free black nation in the Americas? This is the forgotten, remarkable story of Henry Christophe. Christophe fought as a child soldier in the American War of Independence, before serving in...
    Virtual Branch recording: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom
  • Film: Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin

      Article
    To give you a taster of the fantastic sessions on offer at the HA's annual conference, we've published one of the sessions from the 2022 HA Conference on Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin.   In many cultures, earth has been used to represent a place...
    Film: Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin