Themes
History is the story of all that has passed, which makes it a pretty big subject! So we have tried to break it down here by themes such as politics, religion and international relations, or you can also browse by period. Whether you are an academic, a teacher, a heritage worker, student, someone with a general interest or armchair historian you can find something of interest here.
Politics
- The Palestinians and British Perfidy: The Tragic Aftermath of the Balfour Declaration of 1917
- Anglo-Saxon women and power
- Travellers in the Third Reich
- Charles I and the People of England
- ‘Cromwell’s trunks’
- The Borgia: from fact to fiction
Women
- Aunt Branwell and the Brontë Legacy
- Anglo-Saxon women and power
- Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, 918-2018
- A History of Women in 100 Objects
- The Borgia: from fact to fiction
- Lucy Hughes-Hallett on telling an HA branch about a book
Health
- English first-aid organisations and the Provisional IRA mainland bombing campaign of 1974
- The development of the Department of Health
- Epidemic disease in Restoration London (Film)
- WWI and the flu pandemic
- Podcast: The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism
- The world in 1913: friendly societies
Power
- New light on Rendlesham
- My Favourite History Place: The North Wessex Downs and Cwichelm’s Barrow
- Anglo-Saxon women and power
- Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, 918-2018
- The Poisoned Well: Empire and its Legacy in the Middle East
- Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings
Science
- The Venerable Bede: recent research
- Joseph Banks and his travelling plants, 1787-1810
- Tank development
- The Victorian Age
- Podcast: The Life and Significance of Alan Turing
- Filmed Interview: The Women of Bletchley Park
Religion
- Out and About in Ryedale
- Anglo-Saxon women and power
- The Venerable Bede: recent research
- The Borgia: from fact to fiction
- The Aztec Empire: a surprise ending?
- The end of the Roman Empire
International Relations
- The Palestinians and British Perfidy: The Tragic Aftermath of the Balfour Declaration of 1917
- Alfred versus the Viking Great Army
- The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and Europe
- The Waggoners’ Memorial
- Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, 918-2018
- The Book of the Poppy
Economics
- Kings and coins in later Anglo-Saxon England
- Out and about in Zanzibar
- Bristol and the Slave Trade
- Podcast Series: The Renaissance
- Currency and the Economy in Tudor and early Stuart England
- From Sail to Steam
Society
- Kings and coins in later Anglo-Saxon England
- Out and About in Ryedale
- The Book of the Poppy
- Britain 1780-1945: Society under Pressure
- Storied Ground: Landscape and the Shaping of English National Identity
- Travellers in the Third Reich