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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
The Historian 18
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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
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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
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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?
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Enter the Tudor Prince
Historian article
Shakespeare's identity is an issue historians normally avoid - with 77 alternatives to Shakespeare now listed on Wikipedia, it has become a black hole in literary studies. Denial of the orthodox (Stratfordian) view* that William Shakespeare was the Bard dates back a century and a half, but has escalated in...
Enter the Tudor Prince
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History 361
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 104, Issue 361
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History 361
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Cunning Plan 161: Magna Carta's legacy
Teaching History feature
Both Dawson and Hayes have recently written Cunning Plans that show how exciting Magna Carta is.
So why not stop there? Bring the barons to life with a flare of Dawson and send Magna Carta flying across the continent with just a hint of Hayes. Hey, from the same edition,...
Cunning Plan 161: Magna Carta's legacy
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Primary History 58: The Olympics
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
THE OLYMPICS: TEACHING HISTORY TODAY
04 Editorial: Nelson Mandela, Apartheid and the Olympics
05 Think Bubble: What ever happened to the Standing Long Jump? - Peter Vass
06 Public celebration of the 1864 Olympian Festival - Dominic Wallis
PLANNING FOR THE OLYMPICS
08 Primary History and planning for teaching the...
Primary History 58: The Olympics
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Sir Francis Dent and the First World War
Historian article
Not your typical soldier, not your typical service
The term ‘citizen soldier' evokes a particularly powerful image in Britain. The poignant histories of the ‘Pals' Battalions' cast a familiar, often tragic shadow over the popular memory of the First World War. Raised according to geographical and occupational connections, names such...
Sir Francis Dent and the First World War
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History journal: State of the field
Article
The 'State of the Field' articles featured in History survey the current landscape of specific historical research areas, and consideration of how these fields might develop in the future. These articles are integral to the journal's broad chronological and geographical coverage, highlighting both established and emerging areas of historical inquiry....
History journal: State of the field
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History 382
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 108, Issue 382
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Special...
History 382
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Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Birth of the Modern Olympics
Article
As the leading athletes of all nations prepare to come together this summer in Atlanta, the global communications media of the late twentieth century are constantly reminding us that 1996 marks the first centenary of the modern Olympic Games. The worldwide impact now made by these sporting festivals is all...
Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Birth of the Modern Olympics
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The Queen in procession
Primary History article
Today’s children in reception and nursery were probably not born at the last jubilee and it is possible that they will not remember this one, nevertheless they will have the chance to be part of this historic occasion. If we help prepare them to understand what is going to happen...
The Queen in procession
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Women, education and literacy in Tudor and Stuart England
Historian article
To booke and pen: Women, education and literacy in Tudor and Stuart England
As a student in the early 1970s, I became acutely aware that formal provision for women's education was a relatively recent development. I was at Bedford College, which originated in 1849 as the first higher education institution...
Women, education and literacy in Tudor and Stuart England
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Cunning Plan 126: What can Berlin tell us about Germany in the 20th century?
Teaching History feature
Berlin is a microcosm of twentieth century European history; a city that still bears many of the signs and scars of its experiences and upheavals. It is a must for any history department teaching the Modern World, taking history out of the textbooks and breathing life into it. All pupils...
Cunning Plan 126: What can Berlin tell us about Germany in the 20th century?
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Teaching History 121: Transitions
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
05 ‘It’s like they’ve gone up a year!’ Gauging the impact of a history transition unit on teachers of primary and secondary history – Geraint Brown and Andrew Wrenn (Read article)
14 Worlds in collision: university tutor and student perspectives on the transition to degree level history – Alan Booth...
Teaching History 121: Transitions
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The Historian 14
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Child Labour in the Industrial Revolution, Hugh Cunningham
10 Anniversary: 200 — Not Out! Bicentenary of Lord's Cricket Ground
12 Education Forum: History from 14 to 16, Martin Roberts
13 Local History: The Countryside: History and Pseudo-History, Oliver Rackham
19 Interpretation: How Wicked were Irish Landlords? David-Paterson
23 Personalia: Profile...
The Historian 14
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The commercial architecture of Victorian Liverpool
Article
In 1857 the Builder enthusiastically described the thriving state of architecture on the banks of the Mersey: 'The impression from a walk through the principal quarters of the town, after visiting other towns, is that more [building of a superior kind] must be doing in Liverpool than at any other...
The commercial architecture of Victorian Liverpool
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Christopher Hill: Marxism and Methodism
Historian article
Christopher Hill, the eminent historian of seventeenth century England, was a convinced Marxist throughout most of his long and productive life (1912-2003). He embraced this secular world-view when he was a young History student at Oxford in the polemical 1930s and never lost his ideological commitment, even though he resigned...
Christopher Hill: Marxism and Methodism
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Teaching History 56
The HA's journal for history teachers
Articles:
8 History Across the Primary Secondary Divide - Pat Lackenby and Mel French
14 Evacuation - Fifty Years On - Rob David and the Evacuation Project Team
18 A Fourth Year B.Ed Student asks some questions - Kay Clarke
20 Women's History and Children's perception of gender - Fiona Terry
25 Grasping the...
Teaching History 56
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Towards Reform in 1809
Historian article
Two hundred years ago it must have seemed to some as if the time for political and economic reform in Britain had arrived. A number of the necessary conditions appeared to be in place:
recent examples from America and France showing how readily and rapidly established systems could be overturned...
Towards Reform in 1809
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The Historian 151: Out now
The magazine of the Historical Association
Read The Historian 151: Branches
As life begins to return to some semblance of normality for many people, numerous HA branches are also resuming in-person meetings this autumn. Although online platforms such as Zoom offered branches the opportunity to continue running lectures and email allowed us to keep in touch...
The Historian 151: Out now
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Teaching History 201: Out now
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Read Teaching History 201: Interpreting the Past
Interpreting the past is the daily bread-and-butter of history teaching. In each lesson, an history teacher interprets the past to their pupils, structuring and shaping the way in which they present historical material in order to form a coherent lesson. Planning lesson sequences...
Teaching History 201: Out now
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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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History 354
The Journal of the Historical Association
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‘Give...
History 354
