History

1917: War, Peace, and Revolution

London School of Economics

British History Arts and Humanities

1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. […]

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Clergy in English minsters c.800-c.1100

University of Leeds

European History Arts and Humanities

Julia Barrow discusses the late Anglo-Saxon clergy and in particular at the question of royal patronage of churches.

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Danish Ferocity and Abandoned Monasteries: the Twelfth-century View

University of Leeds

European History Arts and Humanities

Julia Barrow explains why twelfth-century authors found it so important to invent stories of Viking brutality towards monks and nuns […]

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The Clergy in the Medieval World

University of Leeds

European History Arts and Humanities

Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important […]

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Empire and Aftermath

University of Chicago

Classics Arts and Humanities

Clifford Ando re-frames the issue of beginnings and endings by reexamining “decline and fall” in the works of two eighteenth-century […]

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Ancient States and Infrastructural Power

University of Chicago

Classics Arts and Humanities

Clifford Ando discusses how early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capacity to enforce them […]

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The political economy of religion in the early Roman empire.

University of Chicago

Classics Arts and Humanities

Cities in the ancient world extracted a great deal of wealth from their hinterlands and often claimed a monopoly on […]

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Women and the Politics of Pressure in Nineteenth-Century Britain

University of Warwick

British History Arts and Humanities

In the long 19th century, women seized new opportunities offered by parliament and played a growing role in public politics […]

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Food Reform and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Britain

University of Warwick

British History Arts and Humanities

Sarah Richardson considers the contribution of two female activists in the field of dietary reform and feminist politics: Anna Kingsford […]

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A Brief History of the English Reformation

University of Warwick

British History Arts and Humanities

The Reformation transformed Europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern world. It began as an argument about what […]

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