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  • The Historian 59: The Eighteenth Century Transformation of Bath

      Article
    4 The Eighteenth Century Transformation of Bath, by Trevor Fawcett 10 The Purpose and Political Significance of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World, by Jenny Wilson 16 Working Class Conservatism and the Rise of Labour: a case study of Birmingham in the 1920s, by John Boughton 21 A National...
    The Historian 59: The Eighteenth Century Transformation of Bath
  • The Historian 26

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Martin Luther King, Jr, Adam Fairclough 10 Update: David Lloyd George 1863-1945, Chris Wrigley 13 Education Forum: History and the National Curriculum, Martin Roberts 14 Portfolio: The Rise of the English Gentry 1150-1350, Cohn Richmond 19 Museums: Berlin Museums & the Third Reich, Tom Holder
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  • Verdun: the endless battle

      Historian article
    Most can agree that the battle of Verdun started 100 years ago, on 21 February 1916, when the Germans began attacking French positions north and east of the old fortress town on the Meuse river. Few can agree on when it ended. The Germans might draw a line under it...
    Verdun: the endless battle
  • MOOCs and the Middle Ages

      Historian article
    Deirdre O’Sullivan explains how history courses such as England in the Time of Richard III are now freely available to people anywhere in the world who have online access. She reports that in the past two years 40,000 learners have followed this course. MOOCs (Massive Open Access Online Courses) are...
    MOOCs and the Middle Ages
  • French chivalry in twelfth-century Britain?

      Historian article
    The year 1066 - the one universally remembered date in English history, so well-known that banks advise customers not to choose it as their PIN number - opened the country up to French influence in spectacular fashion. During the ‘long twelfth century' (up to King John's death in 1216) that...
    French chivalry in twelfth-century Britain?
  • Real Lives: Surviving the War in the Soviet Union: recollections of a child deportee

      Historian feature
    This 'Real Lives' piece is based on a series of interviews Annette Ormanczyk carried out in 2019 with Mrs Irena Persak, who was deported as a five-year-old child with her family in February 1940. As well as offering a fascinating personal account of life in the Soviet Union during the Second...
    Real Lives: Surviving the War in the Soviet Union: recollections of a child deportee
  • Real Lives: Harry Daley

      Historian feature
    Our series ‘Real Lives’ seeks to put the story of the ordinary person into our great historical narrative. We are all part of the rich fabric of the communities in which we live and we are affected to greater and lesser degrees by the big events that happen on a daily...
    Real Lives: Harry Daley
  • The Historian 39

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: The Black Death, James L. Bolton 10 Update: The Causes of British Imperialism: Battle Rejoined, Muriel Chamberlain 13 Biography: Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1829: A Life Too Long? David M. Knight 16 Historiography: Historical Atlases Reconsidered, Jeremy Black 22 Personalia: Chris Wrigley
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  • Jubilee and the Idea of Royalty

      2002 Medlicott Lecture
    The Medlicott Lecture delivered at the Historical Association Annual General Meeting on 27th April 2002, transcribed and featured in The Historian 76.
    Jubilee and the Idea of Royalty
  • The Historian 10

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Henry Vll's Dynastic Hieroglyphs, Sydney Anglo  10 Local History: Industrial Archaeology, Marilyn Palmer  14 Westminster Diary: The Importance and Content of History Teaching, Ralph Dauis  15 Update: Chartism, Peter Searby  19 Report: History and Higher Education, Michael Biddiss 21 Personalia: Profile of Henry Loyn  31 Spotlight: Malmesbury, Nigel...
    The Historian 10
  • The Historian 11

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Sultan Süleyman's Marred Magnificence, John D. Norton  10 Prospect: History of Education at the Crossroads, Richard Aldrich 14 Personalia: Martin Booth and Keith Robbins  16 Reports: History at the Universities Defence Group and History at the Polytechnics 17 Portfolio Piece: John Hancock and the Declaration of Independence, John...
    The Historian 11
  • My Favourite Place - Beamish

      Historian feature
    Hopping off a tram at Beamish Museum, you're stepping straight into life in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian times. What I really love about Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, is that it not only shows how communities in the region used to live - but also gives you a...
    My Favourite Place - Beamish
  • The Historian 55: Arthur, Prince of Wales and his training for kingship

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: Arthur Prince of Wales, Jane Austen: a Writer for all Seasons - Irene Collins (Read article) The Spanish Armada of...1597? - Graham Darby (Read article) From Disraeli to Callaghan, Britain 1879 to 1979 - A.J.P. Taylor (Read article) A New Route Into Teaching History - Hilary Bourdillon The...
    The Historian 55: Arthur, Prince of Wales and his training for kingship
  • What did you do in The Great War? A family mystery explored

      Historian article
    Research into family history is well-known as likely to dig up some uncomfortable evidence. Nearly every family has had its bastards; nearly every generation has had someone on poor relief. We had both. But more troubling was my recent suspicion that a hundred or so years ago not one but two...
    What did you do in The Great War? A family mystery explored
  • Why did the Dome fail?

      Historian article
    History gives us a basis for understanding the groups which people belong to, the countries people live in and the institutions which govern them. It provides a sense of continuity and identity. However, on 31 December 1999 the Queen and Prime Minister opened an exhibition which made no reference to...
    Why did the Dome fail?
  • Home Rule for Ireland - For and against

      Historian article
    At a time when the United Kingdom continues to review its internal constitutional arrangements, Matthew Kelly explores how this constitutional debate can be traced back to Gladstone's decision to promote Home Rule for Ireland and how these proposals evolved over time and were challenged. Irish political history decisively entered a...
    Home Rule for Ireland - For and against
  • The Historian 57: Georgian Landscape

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 4 Georgian Landscape: 18th-century landscape design: the art that disguises art - John Cannon 10 Thomas Jefferson: an icon of American democracy reassessed - Colin Bonwick 11 Men of Genius and learning: rewriting the history of the Scottish Enlightenment - David Allan 20 Gladstone's Death and Funeral - Colin Matthew...
    The Historian 57: Georgian Landscape
  • It's Murder On The Orient Express

      Historian article
    It was the most luxurious long distance rail journey in the history of travel. Royalty, aristocracy, the rich and the famous travelled regularly on the Orient Express. Gourmet chefs prepared exquisite meals, chandeliers, luxury compartments, staterooms and dining rooms on a par with famous hotels like the Ritz were all...
    It's Murder On The Orient Express
  • From tragedy to triumph: The courage of Henrietta, Lady of Luxborough 1699-1756

      Historian article
    Why is Henrietta Luxborough, who was born in 1699, of interest today? In the first place because of whom she was; in the second because of what happened to her; and in the third because of her courage which enabled her to overcome adversity and lead a life utterly different...
    From tragedy to triumph: The courage of Henrietta, Lady of Luxborough 1699-1756
  • The myths about the 1745 Jacobite revolution

      Historian article
    The harsh reality The 1745 Rebellion has become part of the romantic heritage in both British and Scottish history. At the time there was little romance to it. The many myths and misconceptions about Bonnie Prince Charlie and his followers need to be corrected and the glamorous image of the...
    The myths about the 1745 Jacobite revolution
  • Dean Mahomet: Travel writer, curry entrepreneur and shampooer to the King

      Historian article
    The National Portrait Gallery in London is home to many thousands of portraits, photographs and sculptures of the great and the good, as well as those who travelled on the darker side of history. In 2007 it hosted a small exhibition in the Porter Gallery entitled Between Worlds: Voyagers to...
    Dean Mahomet: Travel writer, curry entrepreneur and shampooer to the King
  • What does the future hold for Archives and what do the archives hold for you?

      Historian article
    Most people would accept that our Society is changing at a rate, and in ways, with which our predecessors have never had to deal. The old stabilities and certainties seem to have disappeared from our modern day lives. Perhaps this is why so many people seem to be interested in...
    What does the future hold for Archives and what do the archives hold for you?
  • The Historian 17

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Sir Robert Peel, 1788-1850, Asa Briggs 8 Education Forum: The National Curriculum — what sort of history? Martin Roberts and Donald Read 9 Update: Politics and Religion in Tudor England, Ralph Houlbrooke 
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  • The Historian 96: What did you do in the Hundred Years War, Daddy?

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: What did you do in the Hundred Years War, Daddy? The soldier in later medieval England - Adrian R Bell, Adam Chapman, Anne Curry, Andy King and David Simpkin (Read Article) Upwards till Lepanto: The Ottoman Turks in early modern Europe - Sarah Newman The Death of Lord Londonderry - Robert...
    The Historian 96: What did you do in the Hundred Years War, Daddy?
  • The Historian 51

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 9 Brasses and History (The 1707 Act of Union) - Christopher Whatley 14 Local Authority Record Offices: Our Heritage at Risk - Rosemary Dunhill (Read article) 16 The Eighteenth century in Britain: long or short? W.A. Speck  20 Football and British-Soviet relations: The Moscow Dynamo and Moscow Spartak tours of 1945...
    The Historian 51