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  • Religion and Science in the Eighteenth Century

      Historian article
    Much has been said about the clash between religion and science in Victorian times but there has been less research into the relationship between them in the eighteenth century. This article considers three Georgian clergymen who were also notable scientists – the Reverend William Stukeley, the pioneer of scientific field...
    Religion and Science in the Eighteenth Century

  • Jane Austen: a writer for all seasons

      Article
    Irene Collins provides a fresh assessment of the life and work of one of this country’s greatest novelists, whose own wit and charm, combined with a deep insight into human nature, is reflected in her novels. Jane Austen was not the first woman novelist in England to achieve popularity and...
    Jane Austen: a writer for all seasons

  • The Pilgrimage of Grace: Reactions, Responses and Revisions

      Article
    Dr Michael Bush investigates the interpretations of the pilgrimage of grace. Our perception of the pilgrimage of grace has been largely created by Madeleine and Ruth Dodds and their magnificent book The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-7, and the Exeter Conspiracy, 1538 (Cambridge). Published in 1915, it has dominated the subject...
    The Pilgrimage of Grace: Reactions, Responses and Revisions

  • The Rise and Fall of the Constitutional Press, 1858-1860

      Article
    Amy de Gruchy provides an account of a short-lived newspaper of the Conservative Right which published work by Charlotte Yonge. The Constitutional Press was born in March 1858 following the formation of the second minority Conservative government under Lord Derby. It was a weekly paper containing Parliamentary reports, British and...
    The Rise and Fall of the Constitutional Press, 1858-1860

  • Quixotically Generous...Economically Worthless'

      Article
    William Kenefick considers two views of the dockers and the dockland community in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. 'Quixotically generous and economically worthless’! But what does this mean? How does this curious descriptor help us understand the docker or the waterside community? Indeed, does it tell us...
    Quixotically Generous...Economically Worthless'

  • What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the impact of the British Empire on Britain?

      Teaching History feature
    The murder of George Floyd during the summer of 2020 and the ongoing ‘culture war’ in Britain over the legacy of the British Empire have reignited interest in imperial history. This focuses, in particular, on the question of the empire’s impact on Britain itself: on how the act of conquering...
    What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the impact of the British Empire on Britain?

  • Film: Yeltsin and the Oligarchs

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
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    Film: Yeltsin and the Oligarchs

  • The Spanish-American War revisited: rise of an American empire?

      Historian article
    Anthony Ruggiero reveals how United States foreign policy evolved from its effective adherence to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 into securing its own overseas ‘empire’. The Spanish-American War of 1898 was pivotal in launching the United States into recognition as an empire.  Following the war, the United Sates accepted its role...
    The Spanish-American War revisited: rise of an American empire?

  • The effect of the loss of the American Colonies upon British Policy

      Classic Pamphlet
    (1) Problems of an Empire in ruinsTwo weeks after Yorktown, but before the news of that disaster had reached England, George III wrote to Lord North that "The dye is now cast whether this shall be a great Empire or the least dignified of European states." England had not fought...
    The effect of the loss of the American Colonies upon British Policy

  • 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?

  • Magna Carta: oblivion and revival

      Historian article
    Magna Carta was to go through a number of revisions before it finally took its place on the statute book. Nicholas Vincent takes us through the twists and turns of the tale of the Charter's death and revival after June 1215.   The Charter issued by King John at Runnymede is...
    Magna Carta: oblivion and revival

  • The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896

      Historian article
    At 9am on 27 August 1896, following an ultimatum, five ships of the Royal Navy began a bombardment of the Royal Palace and Harem in Zanzibar. Thirty-eight, or 40, or 43 minutes later, depending on which source you believe, the bombardment stopped when the white flag of surrender was raised...
    The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896

  • Film: Ideas and Ideology

      Film series: Power and authority in Germany, 1871-1991
    Professor Matthew Stibbe assesses some of the contradictory factors at play in East Germany and how that related to the wider Soviet system. He contrasts this with the development of the capitalist system that was being developed in West Germany. If you're unable to see the film below, please use...
    Film: Ideas and Ideology

  • Germany 1914-1929: Discussion

      Film series: Power and authority in Germany, 1871-1991
    Professors Tim Grady and Matthew Stibbe consider changing interpretations of Germany in 1914-1929, from a negative continuum of authoritarianism culminating in Hitler's regime to a modern approach of seeing the Weimar Republic through a sociocultural lens. If you're unable to see the film below, please use the link for your Membership...
    Germany 1914-1929: Discussion

  • Film: The significance of advisers – discussion

      Development of Tudor Royal Authority film series
    In this film Professor Sue Doran, Jesus College, University of Oxford and Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, University of Oxford examine the role and importance of royal advisers to the developement of Tudor Royal Authority. If you're unable to see the film below, please use the link for your Membership type:Historian members |...
    Film: The significance of advisers – discussion

  • Film: Key groups in the African-American Civil Rights Movement

      Film series: The African-American Civil Rights Movement
    In this film, Professor Brian Ward and Professor Joe Street of Northumbria University look at two of the key groups that played a significant role in the development of the Civil Rights Movement: the NAACP (The National Association for the Development of Coloured People) and the Black Panthers. If you're unable...
    Film: Key groups in the African-American Civil Rights Movement

  • Film: Religion and Tudor Royal Authority – discussion

      Development of Tudor Royal Authority film series
    In this film Professor Sue Doran, Jesus College, University of Oxford and Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, University of Oxford, look at the role religion played in defining the reigns and authority of the Tudor monarchs. If you're unable to see the film below, please use the link for your Membership type:Historian...
    Film: Religion and Tudor Royal Authority – discussion

  • Film: Personality and Tudor Royal Authority – discussion

      Development of Tudor Royal Authority film series
    In this film Professor Sue Doran, Jesus College, University of Oxford and Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, University of Oxford discuss the role and significance of 'personality' to Tudor Royal Authority. If you're unable to see the film below, please use the link for your Membership type:Historian members | Primary members |...
    Film: Personality and Tudor Royal Authority – discussion

  • Film: Henry VII and Tudor Royal Authority

      Development of Tudor Royal Authority film series
    In this film Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, University of Oxford, looks at the life and reign of Henry VII and examines the role and significance of religion, foreign relations, domestic politics and the nobility on Henry's establishment of the Tudor dynasty. If you're unable to see the film below, please use...
    Film: Henry VII and Tudor Royal Authority

  • The Northern Limit: Britain, Canada and Greenland, 1917-20

      Historian article
    Imperial ambitions during the First World War extended beyond the Middle East and Africa.  In this article Ben Markham looks at the territorial wrangling over Greenland. It is well known that the British Empire grew in size significantly in the wake of the First World War. In the course of...
    The Northern Limit: Britain, Canada and Greenland, 1917-20

  • Papal Election and Murder

      Historian article
    Before the smoke clears: The longest papal election in history was marred by a brutal murder Papal elections never used to be so short or easy. In 1268 Pope Clement IV died and the cardinals, divided between French and Italian factions, would be deadlocked for the next three years over...
    Papal Election and Murder

  • 'Women and Children first!' a lost tale of Empire and Heroism

      Historian article
    In January 1852, under the command of Captain Robert Salmond, HMS Birkenhead left Portsmouth carrying troops and officers' wives and families from ten different regiments. Most were from the 73rd Regiment of Foot, and were on their way to South Africa to fight the Xhosa in the 8th Kaffir War (1850-1853),...
    'Women and Children first!' a lost tale of Empire and Heroism

  • Occult and Witches

      Historian article
    Occult and Witches: Some Dramatic and Real Practitioners of the Occult in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Periods One purpose of this paper is to show a correspondence between real-life Elizabethan and Jacobean practitioners of the occult and the depiction of their theatrical counterparts, with particular reference to perceived differences between,...
    Occult and Witches

  • Limited Monarchy in Great Britain in the Eighteenth Century

      Classic Pamphlet
    There was hardly anything in Great Britain which political thinkers on the continent of Europe in the eighteenth century admired more than its limited monarchy. But what were the limitations? Were they deliberate or not? Were they effected by acts of parliament or by the silent encroachments of usage? Did...
    Limited Monarchy in Great Britain in the Eighteenth Century

  • Film: Party Politics 1714-1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 2, Dr Robin Eagles (History of Parliament), examines the birth of Britain’s two party system in the form of the Whigs and the Tories; two parties, whose rivalry would define politics in Britain from the Restoration and Glorious Revolution to the middle of the Victorian Age. During this...
    Film: Party Politics 1714-1785