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  • The Albigensian Crusade

      Classic Pamphlet
    At the time of the First Crusade southern France was strongly Catholic: the army led by Raymond IV of Toulouse was the largest single force to take part in the expedition and was recruited from all classes. Yet eighty years later the Count's grandson, Raymond V, sent this appeal form...
    The Albigensian Crusade
  • Taunton Deane Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Mr Geoff Bisson (gb@queenscollege.org.uk), tel. 01823 353749 All talks start at 7.30pm on Wednesdays and take place in the Birchall Hall, Queen's College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS unless otherwise stated. There is free car parking on site. Associate Membership: £10 per year. Talks free to national...
    Taunton Deane Branch Programme
  • The Historian 118: Travel

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial 6 Cathars and Castles in Medieval France - Richard Eales (Read Article) 12 Travel - Nicolas Kinloch (Read Article) 17 The President's Column 18 It's Murder On The Orient Express - Alf Wilkinson (Read Article) 22 Taking tea with Frau von Papen - Andrew Kirkby (Read Article) 24 Marcus Morris and...
    The Historian 118: Travel
  • Teaching History 82

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    6 Project Chata: Concepts of History and Teaching Approaches at Key Stages 2 and 3 - Peter Lee, Alaric Dickinson and Rosalyn Ashby 12 History, Economics, Economic History and Economic Awareness - Peter J. Rogers 20 GCSE History: A Case for Revolution - John Checketts 23 History 14-19: Challenges and Opportunities...
    Teaching History 82
  • The Historian 83: Personality and Power

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 8 Personality and Power: The Individual's role in the History of Twentieth-Century Europe - Ian Kershaw (Read article) 20 'Right well kept': Peterborough Abbey 1536-1539 - Christopher Morris (Read article) 24 The commercial architecture of Victorian Liverpool - Joseph Sharples (Read article) 36 The Willing Suspension of Disbeliefs - Dave Burnham (Read article)...
    The Historian 83: Personality and Power
  • Making the Modern World: The shock of the real at the science museum

      Primary History article
    Making the Modern World is a vast, exuberant exposition of the real deal. From Arkwright's textile machines that kick-started the industrial revolution to the first Apple computer; from a pair of patented genetically-modified mice to the Apollo 10 command module that orbited the Moon - ons of the industrialised world...
    Making the Modern World: The shock of the real at the science museum
  • Richard II and the Peasants' Revolt

      Medieval British History
    In this podcast Dr James Davis of Queens University Belfast discusses the reign of Richard II and the origins and significance of the Peasants' Revolt.
    Richard II and the Peasants' Revolt
  • The Historian 155: Women and power

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Elizabeth I: ‘less than a woman’? – Tracy Borman (Read article) 12 A woman’s place is in the castle: two besieged noblewomen in medieval Scotland – Morvern French and Iain A. MacInnes (Read article) 17 Taj ul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah: a trailblazing Islamic queen – Khadija...
    The Historian 155: Women and power
  • History 357

      The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 103, Issue 357
    All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:  1. Sign in to the HA website (top right of any page)2. Then click this link to allow access to History content on the Wiley site.   NB all links below go to the Wiley Online Library site and open in a new window or tab. Access the full edition online A...
    History 357
  • Polychronicon 161: John Lilburne

      Teaching History feature
    John Lilburne might have been destined for obscurity in less interesting times. He was the second son of a minor gentry family, apprenticed to a London woollen merchant in 1632. It was his master’s connections that drew him into religious opposition to Charles I and the illegal book trade, resulting...
    Polychronicon 161: John Lilburne
  • Currency and the Economy in Tudor and early Stuart England

      Classic Pamphlet
    Before the development of paper money, which in England did not really occur until later in the seventeenth century, the circulating medium consisted of coins and tokens. The unit of account in which they were valued was the pound sterling; in which there were twenty shillings each of twelve pence,...
    Currency and the Economy in Tudor and early Stuart England
  • The Historian 56: Philip II of Spain

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: Philip II of Spain, the Prudent King - James Casey (Read article) Quixotically Generous...Economically Worthless - William Kenefick (Read article) 1497, Cornwall, and the Wars of the Roses - Ian Arthurson (Read article) Stalin, Propoganda, Soviet Society, and the Great Terror - Sarah Davies (Read article) The New...
    The Historian 56: Philip II of Spain
  • Charles II

      Early Modern British History
    In this podcast Professor John Miller discusses how we should judge the reign of Charles II and ask what was his domestic and international legacy?
    Charles II
  • Podcast Series: Early Modern Ireland

      Multipage Article
    This series of podcasts featuring Professor Sean Connolly and Professor David Hayton of Queen's University Belfast looks at Irish History from 1500-1800. Topics covered include Tudor Ireland, the Eleven Years War, Restoration Ireland, the significance of the reigns of James II and William III and politics in Ireland during the...
    Podcast Series: Early Modern Ireland
  • One of my favourite history places: Mount Fitchet Castle

      Primary History feature
    Alf Wilkinson explores Mount Fitchet Castle in Essex – one of his favourite history places. As every schoolchild knows, William the Conqueror landed near Hastings in 1066, pursuing his claim to the throne of England. He was accompanied by the pope’s blessing, but also by an army of adventurers who...
    One of my favourite history places: Mount Fitchet Castle
  • Teaching History 192: Out now

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Read Teaching History 192: Breadth If the length of a curriculum relates to how long it lasts – to its duration in classroom time and to the volume of historical time it covers – then curricular breadth refers us to the number and the variety of the dimensions of human...
    Teaching History 192: Out now
  • Excluded by men? Joanna the Mad, patriarchy and a charge of insanity

      Historian article
    Glyn Redworth re-appraises the life of an unfortunate queen. Joanna of Castile was a pretty child. She had an oval face and a long delicate nose. Her skin was felt to be attractively light in colour as was her hair. Fiercely intelligent, the basics of Latin came easily to her....
    Excluded by men? Joanna the Mad, patriarchy and a charge of insanity
  • Edward the Confessor and the Norman Conquest

      Classic Pamphlet
    Nine hundred years have elapsed since the death of Edward the Confessor, the last English king descended directly from Cerdic, king of Wessex in the sixth century - and so from the pagan gods. Nine hundred years are a long time; and if Edward had been succeeded by a son,...
    Edward the Confessor and the Norman Conquest
  • William the First and the Sussex Rapes

      Classic Pamphlet
    During his reign, and in particular in the five years after the battle of Hastings, William I carried out the most thorough reallocation of land in England ever to take place in so short a period of time; the results were summarized in Domesday Book in 1086.That great record shows...
    William the First and the Sussex Rapes
  • Anti-Americanism in Britain during the Second World War

      Historian article
    The Second World War saw the development of significant anti-Americanism in Britain. This article locates the centre of wartime anti-Americanism in the politics of Conservative imperialists, who believed the USA was trying to deliberately dismantle the British Empire in order to fulfil its own imperial ambitions. The Second World War...
    Anti-Americanism in Britain during the Second World War
  • The Wolfson History Prize 2023

      29th November 2023
    On 13 November 2023 some of the HA team were fortunate enough to be in a glorious room at Claridge’s in Mayfair, London to hear the announcement of the winner of the prestigious Wolfson History Prize. To a full room it was announced that the winner was independent historian Halik...
    The Wolfson History Prize 2023
  • Teaching History 190: Ascribing significance

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    03 Editorial (Read article) 04 HA Secondary News 06 HA Update 08 Falling forward: three strategies to support pupils’ study of historical significance – Paula Worth (Read article) 22 Bringing historical method into the classroom: how the spectacle of teachers debating can help A-level students to understand the nature of interpretations –...
    Teaching History 190: Ascribing significance
  • Edward I: Relations between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

      Medieval British History
    In this podcast Dr Philip Morgan of Keele University examines the significance of the reign of Edward I and relations between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
    Edward I: Relations between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
  • King John and Magna Carta

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Nicholas Vincent discusses the reign of King John, the origins of Magna Carta and its' significance.
    King John and Magna Carta
  • My Favourite History Place: Brixham

      Historian feature
    Paul Brunyee writes about a surprising link between Brixham in Devon, and Napoleon, and the impact the arrival of Napoleon in 1815 had on the townspeople.  The waters and cliffs of Brixham, on the south coast of England, have played small but significant parts in the long wars against France....
    My Favourite History Place: Brixham