The Historian 169: Visual Arts
The magazine of the Historical Association
In this edition of The Historian
4 Ask The Historian and Letters
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 To see the witch: understanding fear, accusation, and brutality during the European witch craze through visual art – Natasha Brockman (Read article)
12 The Lady and the Unicorn: unravelling the symbolic threads of sixteenth-century tapestries – Damien Dessane (Read article)
20 Hiding in plain sight: an eighteenth-century portrait of an Inca leader – Emily C. Floyd (Read article)
26 Losing sight of the bigger picture: public policy and the visual arts in England since the 1940s – Pauline Wood (Read article)
32 ‘My sweet San Gimignano’: a Tuscan commune in the middle ages – John Law (Read article)
36 Vikings in the East: from Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – the origins of a contested legacy in Russia and Ukraine – Martyn Whittock (Read article)
42 Out and About: Leavesden Country Park – the location of the Canadian Khaki University – Helen George (Read article)
46 Out and About: The Black Country Living Museum – Rob Pritchard (Read article)
50 Out and About: The castles of Castle Cary – Chris Culpin (Read article)
54 Real Lives: Eduard Friedrich Kärger and doctorates in nineteenth century Prussia – Alex van der Ham and Ling-Hua Huang (Read article)
58 In conversation with Henrike Lähnemann – Carolin Gluchowski (Read article)
63 Doing history: A historian in the Round Tower – Michael McLaughlin (Read article)
66 Reviews
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Cover image: The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry
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