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  • Recycling the Monastic building: The Dissolution in Southern England

      Historian article
    The dissolution of the monasteries was one of the most dramatic developments in English History. In 1536, the religious orders had owned about a fifth of the lands of England. Within four years the monasteries had been abolished and their possessions nationalised by Henry VIII. Within another ten years, most...
    Recycling the Monastic building: The Dissolution in Southern England

  • Think Bubble - Print the Legend

      Article
    Anyone who has pretensions to being a film buff learns pretty early on the immortal lines of the jaundiced newspaperman from John Ford's 1962 movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance that when it comes to choosing between the truth and the legend……..I was reminded of this recently whilst preparing...
    Think Bubble - Print the Legend

  • CPD: Beyond the Ballot and Peterloo to the Pankhursts MOOCs

      Secondary CPD from Royal Holloway, UK Parliament and People’s History Museum
    Explore the history of the struggle for women’s suffrage and equality with this course developed by Royal Holloway, University of London, and the UK Parliament. With content from the Parliamentary Archives, the Women’s Library collection at the LSE Library and The National Archives; engaging videos, articles and quizzes; and a...
    CPD: Beyond the Ballot and Peterloo to the Pankhursts MOOCs

  • Hull & East Riding Branch Programme

      Article
    The Hull and East Riding branch meets at the Nordic Centre (The Danish Church), Osborne Street, HULL. HU1 2PN. This is a five-minute walk from the train, coach and bus Interchange. There is a small car park, free to all attending events, and parking on Osborne Street is quite easy....
    Hull & East Riding Branch Programme

  • My Favourite History Place: David Pearse explores St Petersburg

      Historian feature
    If you want to understand Russian history from Peter the Great up to at least the 1917 Revolutions, you have to visit St Petersburg. Like Versailles, St Petersburg was built for an absolute monarch, on an unsuitable site, at the cost of many labourers' lives. Unlike Versailles, it was designed...
    My Favourite History Place: David Pearse explores St Petersburg

  • The Historian 63: Why did People Choose Sides in the English Civil War?

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 4 Why did People Choose Sides in the English Civil War? - Professor The Earl Russell (Conrad Russell) (Read article) 10 What's new about 'New Labour'? - Andrew Thorpe (Read article) 16 1939 after sixty years - Patrick Finney (Read article) 22 Louis, John and William: The 'Dame Europa'...
    The Historian 63: Why did People Choose Sides in the English Civil War?

  • Podcast Series: The Early Georgians

      Multipage Article
    In this podcast Lucy Worsley of Historic Royal Palaces looks at the early Georgians, the changing relationship between Parliament and Monarchy and Court Politics under George I and George II.
    Podcast Series: The Early Georgians

  • Teaching the First World War in the primary school

      Article
    The current commemorations of the First World War have opened the door to some real opportunities for those teaching primary history – perhaps even considering taking children to the battlefields. Although this is customarily a secondary-school experience, this article outlines the opportunities for primary-age children. The suggestions here are based...
    Teaching the First World War in the primary school

  • Chichester Branch Programme

      Article
    Enquiries to Mr Alex Bristow alexjbristow@outlook.com  01903 505554 Meetings start at 7.30 pm (except January at 2.30 pm) at Friends Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester, PO19 1NX. Meetings are expected to finish by 9 pm (4 pm on Saturday). Light refreshments available from 7 pm (2 pm on Saturday). Admission is...
    Chichester Branch Programme

  • The Historian 148: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 148 How many times are we all going to write ‘it’s been an odd year’? – I know I have now written it many times, yet it has affected schedules and output here at the HA. So I am very sorry that this edition of The Historian...
    The Historian 148: Out now

  • Getting Started: The identification of gifted historians

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The complexity of identification Crucial to personalised learning, entitlement and opportunity for equality is the identification of outstanding gifts and talents in children. The quest to identify gifted young historians is challenging as these pupils...
    Getting Started: The identification of gifted historians

  • 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
    The Historian 20

  • Primary History 86

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 Editorial (Read article for free) 05 HA Primary News 06 HA Update 10 History in the news: George Floyd protest in Bristol: Colston statue toppled – Paul Bracey (Read article) 14 Developing chronological understanding and language in the Early Years and Foundation Stage – Damienne Clarke (Read article) 18 All the fun of the...
    Primary History 86

  • Nuneaton Branch Programme

      Article
    Enquiries to Branch Secretary Michael Arnold. michael.arnold@cantab.net tel 07785 337147 Venue:  Unless otherwise stated talks start at 7.30pm on Thursdays at Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre 4 Avenue Road, Nuneaton CV11 4LU. Ample parking available. Associate membership is £15 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors: voluntary...
    Nuneaton Branch Programme

  • My Favourite History Place: Mountfitchet Castle

      Historian feature
    In the first of an occasional series Alf Wilkinson, HA CPD Manager, explores Mountfitchet Castle, in Essex - his favourite history place. 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...
    My Favourite History Place: Mountfitchet Castle

  • History 379-380

      The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 379-380
    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 Jacques...
    History 379-380

  • History 328

      The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 97, Issue 328
    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 Editorial...
    History 328

  • 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
    The Historian 18

  • Battle of Arnhem Anniversary

      75 years since Operation Market Garden
    This September marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem in 1944 - otherwise known as Operation Market Garden. Launched on 17 September, it was an Allied attack to take further parts of Western Europe from Nazi control and continue the push created over the summer. Building on the successes...
    Battle of Arnhem Anniversary

  • IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1

      The International Journal of History Learning and Teaching
    Editorial pp. 5–7Editorial: Identity, Nationalism And Thinking Historically France pp. 8–23Anna Zadora, University of Strasbourg, FranceHistory Teaching In Belarus: Between Europe And Asia Brazil pp. 24–33 Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil The History Of Afro-Brazilian People: A Theme Of The Burdening History Of Brazil Canada pp....
    IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1

  • Merseyside Branch programme

      Article
    Branch contact: For all enquiries, please contact Dr Heather Hatton Merseysideha@gmail.com Venue: All talks start at 6:00 pm and take place in the Liverpool John Moores Student Life Building, room 2.06, unless otherwise stated. Address: Copperas Hill, Liverpool L3 5AJ The venue is next to Liverpool Lime Street Station and for those...
    Merseyside Branch programme

  • 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ speech

      5th September 2023
    At the end of last month (August) it was the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech, made during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held on 28 August 1963. The racism in the US at the time included segregation...
    60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ speech

  • Teaching History 127: Sense and Sensitivity

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    04 Music, blood and terror: making emotive and controversial history matter – Andrew Wrenn and Tim Lomas (Read article) 11 Nutshell 13 Teaching controversial issues… where controversial issues really matter – Keith Barton and Alan McCully (Read article) 20 Polychronicon: the Crusades (Read article) 22 Identity-shakers: cultural encounters and the...
    Teaching History 127: Sense and Sensitivity

  • Aristotle and Dudley: what can books tell us about their owners?

      Historian article
    Books as evidence The study of books as objects can reveal a great deal about their owners and the society in which they lived. By examining why the books were printed in the first place, and by whom; why they were acquired and for what purpose; how they were bound;...
    Aristotle and Dudley: what can books tell us about their owners?

  • The mechanical heroes of the Battle of Britain

      Historian article
    The Battle of Britain is often described as the point at which the Nazi threat began to diminish and cracks began to form in Hitler's regime. The air campaign launched by the Germans in the summer of 1940 intended to wipe out the existence of the British Royal Air Force...
    The mechanical heroes of the Battle of Britain