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  • The Historian 40

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: China's Communist Revolution, Michael Dillon 10 Update: The Nobility in Early Modern Europe, H.M. Scott 13 Record Linkage: New Dictionary of National Biography, Colin Matthew 16 Anniversary: William Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode, H.T. Dickinson 18 Biography: Prince Arthur and the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir 1882, Noble Frankland 22...
    The Historian 40

  • My Favourite History Place - Cambridge City Cemetary

      Historian feature
    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains memorials to our war dead in large and small numbers in cemeteries across the world, and here Glenn Hearnden presents us with a detailed and informative case-study of Cambridge City Cemetery. Like many large towns and cities across the UK, there is a cemetery in...
    My Favourite History Place - Cambridge City Cemetary

  • The Swansea Branch Chronicle 7

      Branch Publication
    This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorA Deeper Unrest, Richard NyeA Great War Swansea Pot Pourri, Bernard LewisThe Crimson Shadow of Mametz Wood, Giles ReesGeorge Arthur EvansHedd WynAs it Looked to Me; France and Belgium 1917, John LawThere Were Hundreds of Us in the Queue Trying to Enlist,...
    The Swansea Branch Chronicle 7

  • The Historian 155: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 155: Women and power Since the publication of our Jubilee edition in the summer, the nation has mourned the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her death marks the end of an era that will, no doubt, be studied in the future as a self-contained unit, like the...
    The Historian 155: Out now

  • Recent Advances in the Study of Surnames

      Article
    Many surnames have a straightforward meaning. It is obvious that names such as Smith, Wright and Turner come from occupations; that names such as Pickering or York are from the names of places; and that Roberts, Robertson, Robson and Robinson are derived from the same personal name. It is not...
    Recent Advances in the Study of Surnames

  • Lesson sequence: The Normans

      Article
    The first lesson of this sequence is available free to all secondary members here.  This series of lessons investigates the impact of the Norman Conquest. It does this by getting students to question Simon Schama’s interpretation that the Normans brought a ‘truck-load of trouble’ to England. The sequence is five lessons long,...
    Lesson sequence: The Normans

  • Migration - GCSE

      Links to Articles & Podcasts
    Podcasts Podcast Series: England's Immigrants 1330-1550 Podcast Series: Social & Political Change in the UK 1800-present: Part 3 Diversity - A Changing Population Podcast Series: Diversity in Early Modern Britain Social & Political Change in the UK 1800-present: Part 5 Religion The Huguenots in Britain & Ireland  Native North Americans...
    Migration - GCSE

  • Lesson sequence: The Normans - taster lesson

      Article
    This series of lessons investigates the impact of the Norman Conquest. It does this by getting students to question Simon Schama’s interpretation that the Normans brought a ‘truck-load of trouble’ to England. The sequence is five lessons long, with the first four lessons delivering the content and the fifth wrapping up...
    Lesson sequence: The Normans - taster lesson

  • The Historian 44

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles 3 Heroes of the Cuban Revolution: Martí, Maceo and Gómez - Joseph Smith 9 Update: Nationalism and National Cults in England and on the Continent between the Tenth and the Twelfth Centuries - Emma Mason 12 Biography: Churchill's Wartime Radio Rival - David Smith 16 Record Linkage: The Scottish Architect...
    The Historian 44

  • What is a Synoptic Essay and How Do I Write One?

      Student Guides
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today Part of the A-Level History course now...
    What is a Synoptic Essay and How Do I Write One?

  • Saxons, Normans and Victorians

      Classic Pamphlet
    When Queen Victoria died in 1901, the Annual Register remarked that the feeling of forlorn-ness which swept the country had no parallel since the death of King Alfred. The men of the new century were driven to seek a Saxon parallel. So too were men at the beginning of the...
    Saxons, Normans and Victorians

  • To what extent was the failure of denazification in Germany 1945-48 a result of the apathy of the allies?

      Historian article
    To blame the failure of the denazification process in postwar Germany entirely on a vague and generalised concept such as apathy is simplistic and does not stand up to serious scrutiny. Denazification was one of the most ambitious attempts ever at provoking an artificial revolution; it is reasonable to assume...
    To what extent was the failure of denazification in Germany 1945-48 a result of the apathy of the allies?

  • My Favourite History Place - Poperinge

      Historian feature
    Poperinge is a cheerful place. It is a cheerfulness which defies its location yet resonates with its history. It is a small town just ten kilometres west of Ypres and all around is the debris and memorabilia of slaughter. Yet somehow Poperinge is a cheerful place. It is a community...
    My Favourite History Place - Poperinge

  • Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837

      Classic Pamphlet
    Radicalism with a large "R", unlike Conservatism with a large "C" and Liberalism with a large "L", is not a historical term of even proximate precision. There was never a Radical Party with a national organization, local associations, or a treasury. But there were, and there are, "Radicals", generally qualified...
    Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837

  • Richard III

      Medieval British History
    In this podcast Professor Michael Hicks looks at the reign of Richard III.
    Richard III

  • What difference has the opening (and closing) of archives after 1991 made to the historiography of the Cold War?

      Twentieth-century history
    Prior to the East European revolutions of 1989, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, commentators outside the region were largely reliant on printed material collected by specialist research libraries, informal rrangements with contacts ‘behind the iron curtain’, information that could be gleaned from visits to the region, and...
    What difference has the opening (and closing) of archives after 1991 made to the historiography of the Cold War?

  • The Historian 118: Travel

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial 6 Cathars and Castles in Medieval France - Richard Eales (Read Article) 12 Travel - Nicolas Kinloch (Read Article) 17 The President's Column 18 It's Murder On The Orient Express - Alf Wilkinson (Read Article) 22 Taking tea with Frau von Papen - Andrew Kirkby (Read Article) 24 Marcus Morris and...
    The Historian 118: Travel

  • The Albigensian Crusade

      Classic Pamphlet
    At the time of the First Crusade southern France was strongly Catholic: the army led by Raymond IV of Toulouse was the largest single force to take part in the expedition and was recruited from all classes. Yet eighty years later the Count's grandson, Raymond V, sent this appeal form...
    The Albigensian Crusade

  • Edward II

      Medieval British History
    In this podcast Dr Philip Morgan looks at the reign of Edward II.
    Edward II

  • How diverse is your history curriculum?

      Article
    The past was full of diverse people and our students are entitled to learn about this diverse past. History lessons should enable students to see their connection to the past and to understand the world today. Here are a list of questions for history teachers to use to support a...
    How diverse is your history curriculum?

  • Polychronicon 141: Adolf Eichmann

      Teaching History feature
    Almost 60 years ago Adolf Eichmann went on trial for crimes committed against the Jews while he was in the service of the Nazi regime. His capture by the Israeli secret service and his abduction from Argentina triggered a number of journalistic books that portrayed him as a pathological monster...
    Polychronicon 141: Adolf Eichmann

  • The Historian 83: Personality and Power

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 8 Personality and Power: The Individual's role in the History of Twentieth-Century Europe - Ian Kershaw (Read article) 20 'Right well kept': Peterborough Abbey 1536-1539 - Christopher Morris (Read article) 24 The commercial architecture of Victorian Liverpool - Joseph Sharples (Read article) 36 The Willing Suspension of Disbeliefs - Dave Burnham (Read article)...
    The Historian 83: Personality and Power

  • Ferninando Gorges and New England

      Classic Pamphlet
    Sir Ferdinando Gorges (July 1565 - May 24, 1647), by some considered the "Father of English Colonization in North America", was an early English colonial entrepreneur and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622, although Gorges himself never set foot in the New World.  Sir Ferdinando Gorges was born...
    Ferninando Gorges and New England

  • Napoleon: Man and Myth

      Was Napoleon a revolutionary?
    In this podcast Professor Michael Broers of the University of Oxford looks at the significance of Napoleon Bonaparte. This podcast was funded by the Age of Revolution education legacy project and recorded with the help of Maria Edwards, Student Ambassador at the University of Kent.  
    Napoleon: Man and Myth

  • The Chinese National Anthem

      Historian article
    The history of the Chinese national anthem gives Derek Ying a new perspective on society and culture from the era of the Qing dynasty to the People’s Republic of China. It reveals the strengths and weaknesses of different regimes, and the power of song to unite and divide...
    The Chinese National Anthem