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Hungarian Nationalism in International Context
Historian article
All aspects of Hungarian nationalism – with one exception, which I shall consider later – had more or less similar counterparts elsewhere in Europe; but the blending of those elements yielded a unique constellation. Moreover, the ingredients of this mixture proved highly disruptive for central Europe, indeed at times for...
Hungarian Nationalism in International Context
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Why History? Why Me?
Student Guides
What is History?
History, the study of the past, is all around us; we are continually making history through our thoughts, words and actions. History is personal and global; it is everyday life and momentous occasions. History is about people.
Through our study of the past, we can understand how...
Why History? Why Me?
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The Historian 21
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Sick people, health and doctors in Georgian England - Roy Porter
7 Portfolio: The life and death of Colonel Blimp - Kevin Jefferys
10 Update: The French Revolution - Norman Hampson
24 Education Forum: Pushing for the past - Nicholas Reeves
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The Nation of the Scots and the Declaration of Arbroath
Classic Pamphlet
This pamphlet seeks to chart the progress of the Scottish struggle for independence after 1291 by considering the changing nature of the Scottish resistance. The primary sources are exiguous when compared to those bearing upon the English attempt at subjugation, and the interpretation offered is at best tentative: that initially...
The Nation of the Scots and the Declaration of Arbroath
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Podcast series: Politics in England Through Time
Politics in England through Time
In this set of podcasts we look at how power and politics have changed in England from the Iron Age to the twentieth century.
Podcast series: Politics in England Through Time
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Teaching History 150: Enduring Principles
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial
03 Letters
05 HA Secondary News
06 Mary Brown - From Muddleton Manor to Clarity Cathedral: improving Year 12's extended writing through an enhanced sense of the reader (Read article)
14 John Stanier ‘Much to learn you still have!' An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning...
Teaching History 150: Enduring Principles
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The Historian 24
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Napoleon and the French Revolution, Irvne Collins
10 Update: The Causes of the Second World War, Michael Dockrill
13 Education Forum: Time for Change at 'A' Level, John Fines
14 Museums: Working From Museums, Gail Durbin
18 Portfolio: Medieval Emperors and the English Kings, Dorothy Meade
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Teaching History 93: History and ICT
Journal
History using information technology: past present and future.
Why Gerry likes history now: the power of the word processor - Ben Walsh (Read article)
History using information technology: past, present and future - Alaric Dickinson (Read article)
The Hopi is different from the Pawnee: using a datafile to explore pattern...
Teaching History 93: History and ICT
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Exploring Twentieth-Century History
Article
For a long time, history curricula on the 20th century prioritised the narrative of a slide from World War I to World War II and fascism above many other topics. But the history of the 20th century is both far more complicated and far more interesting than that. For the historians writing here, the...
Exploring Twentieth-Century History
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The Institute of Historical Research
Public History Podcast
The following podcasts are from an interview between Dr Andrew Foster, chair of our Public History Committee with Professor Miles Taylor, Director of the Institute of Historical Research. The podcasts look at the work of the IHR - what it aims to do for the historical profession and wider public, the...
The Institute of Historical Research
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The Historian 89: The Great Liberal landslide
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Letters 5 Editorial 6 HA News
8 The Great Liberal Landslide of 1906: The 1906 general election in perspective - Dr Ian Packer (Read article)
17 A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Forgotten William Dampier - Diana Preston (Read article)
26 Popular Revolt & the rise of Early Modern States -...
The Historian 89: The Great Liberal landslide
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Teacher Fellowship Programme: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain
Teacher Fellowship Programme 2022
This Teacher Fellowship Programme focused on developing the teaching of the history of equality and diversity in postwar Britain using video and audio sources. The programme was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council BBC History 100 Fellowship. The programme has sought to refresh the teaching of modern British history in schools by diversifying its content,...
Teacher Fellowship Programme: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain
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Centenary of the Treaty of Versailles 1919
1st July 2019
The end of June 2019 marked the centenary of the formal ending of the First World War. 11 November 1918 was only the Armistice – it needed a peace treaty to truly end the war. The Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany was signed on 28 June 1919:...
Centenary of the Treaty of Versailles 1919
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History 353
The Journal of the Historical Association
Political Culture and Medieval Historiography: The Revolt against King Henry II, 1173–1174 (pages 752–771) Martin Aurell
'Ottonians with Pipe Rolls'? Political Culture and Performance in the Kingdom of the English, c.900–c.1050 (pages 772–786) Charles Insley
Giving and Receiving Counsel: Forging Political Culture in Western French and Anglo-Norman Assemblies (pages 787–807)...
History 353
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Teaching History 174: Structure
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary news
04 HA update
08 Austin’s narrative: an exploratory case study, with Year 8, into what kinds of feedback help students produce better historical narratives of the interwar years – Alex Rodker (Read article)
16 Cunning Plan: Teaching Year 8 to create and...
Teaching History 174: Structure
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Out and about in D.H. Lawrence country
Article
Eastwood is a busy, small town, about twelve miles west of Nottingham. It lies just within the county boundary with Derbyshire. Its name probably derived from a settlement in a clearing of the old Sherwood Forest. It sits mostly on a hilltop, which is the meeting place for main roads...
Out and about in D.H. Lawrence country
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The Historian 20
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: The Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, C N.L Brooke
10 Update: The Industrial Revolution, John J. Mason
13 Local History: Laxton: England's Last Open Field Village, John Beckett
17 Education Forum: The School History Question, Roger Hennessey
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The Resistable Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Article
Malcolm Crook examines the remarkable ascent to power of Napoleon at the turn of the nineteenth century. The great Bicentenary of the French Revolution of 1789 may be drawing to a close, but that of Napoleon is about to commence. So now is an opportune moment to present a critical...
The Resistable Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Historian 92: Child Health and School meals
The magazine of the Historical Association
Featured articles:
Iconic images of war - Edgar Jones (Read Article)
Child health and school meals - Denise Amos (Read Article)
Edo period Japanese art
Hungary 1956 - Ann Kneif (Read Article)
Kilpeck church - John Hunt (Read Article)
The Historian 92: Child Health and School meals
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The Japanese History Textbook Controversy: a Content Analysis
Article
With almost monotonous regularity the official release in Japan of new or revised secondary school history textbook editions, as well as primeministerial annual visits to the Yasukuni Shrine to commemorate the 2.5 million Japanese war dead (including 14 Class-A war criminals), unleash a wave of international protest concerning Japan’s official...
The Japanese History Textbook Controversy: a Content Analysis
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History 384-385
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 109, Issue 384-385
Access all articles online (you first need to be logged in to the HA website and subscribed to History)
Richard, bishop of Syracuse and archbishop of Messina (d. 1195), and the History of the Tyrants of Sicily (pp 3-33) – Mark Hagger
Oaths of Fidelity: Loyalty and Officeholding in Late Medieval Durham (pp 34-58) –...
History 384-385
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Faction in Tudor England
Classic Pamphlet
'This wicked Tower must be fed with blood' - W. S. Gilbert's dialogue sums up the popular myth of Tudor England. This pamphlet looks at the reality, a society and politics necessarily divided into rival factions by the pulls of patronage, local loyalty and the implications of personal monarchy, and...
Faction in Tudor England
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The British Empire on trial
Article
In the light of present-day concerns about the place, in a modern world, of statues commemorating figures whose roles in history are of debatable merit, Dr Gregory Gifford puts the British Empire on trial, presenting a balanced case both for and against.
In June 2020 when the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston...
The British Empire on trial
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Global Learning Programme
Global Learning Programme
The Global Learning Programme (GLP) is a ground-breaking new programme which will create a national network of like-minded schools, committed to equipping their students to make a positive contribution to a globalised world by helping their teachers to deliver effective teaching and learning about development and global issues at Key Stages 2...
Global Learning Programme
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The Historian 18
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: The Glorious Revolution in England after 300 years, K.H.D. Haley
10 Education Forum: History in Adult Education
11 Record Linkage: Among My Souvenirs, Roger Whiting
14 Update: Spain: the centuries of greatness and decline, I.A.A. Thompson
17 Portfolio: Alice in the Middle Ages, Patrick Abbott
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