Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Kate Smith
$37.85
USDTransactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of articles based on papers given to the Society by distinguished invited speakers and winners of RHS prizes. Volume 1 of the Seventh Series includes articles on religion during the Crusades; the Spanish monarchy; historical methodology and practice; celebrity culture; English socio-economic history; geographical thought in Britain; political representation during the period of the English, French and American Revolutions; the British Empire; Augustine's letters; heritage and public monuments; the medieval papacy; sport in colonial India; and academic freedom in Aotearoa New Zealand. The volume also includes reviews of Stuart Ward's Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain, with a reply from the author.
- Provides a collection of articles that represents the best current historical research by some of the world's leading historians
- Examines a variety of subjects across a range of contexts, including medieval religion, English history, and colonialism, as well as issues of historical methodology and practice
- Includes a Welcome from the Editors and reviews of Stuart Ward's Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain, with a reply from the author
Product details
February 2024Paperback
9781009480536
312 pages
228 × 153 × 11 mm
0.55kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Welcome from the Editors Harshan Kumarasingham and Kate Smith
- 2. Monks and the Muslim Enemy: Conversion, Polemic and Resistance in Monastic Hagiography in the Age of the Crusades, c. 1000–1250 Andrew Jotischky
- 3. The 'Dying' Bourbon Dynasty: The Diplomatic Role of the Spanish Monarchy in the Long Nineteenth Century David San Narciso
- 4. The Historical Lecture: Past, Present and Future Toby Green
- 5. The Gaiety Girl and the Matinee Idol: Constructing Celebrity, Glamour and Sexuality in the West End of London, 1890–1914 Rohan McWilliam
- 6. Enclosure as Internal Colonisation: The Subaltern Commoner, Terra Nullius and the Settling of England's 'Wastes' Carl J. Griffin
- 7. The Idea of Asia in British Geographical Thought, 1652–1832 Paul Stock
- 8. Work and Identity in Early Modern England Mark Hailwood and Brodie Waddell
- 9. Equality, Proportionality and Statistics: Political Representation from the English to the French and American Revolutions Lars Behrisch
- 10. The Incoherence of Empire. Or, the Pitfalls of Ignoring Sovereignty in the History of the British Empire Jon Wilson and Andrew Dilley
- 11. Gendered Violence, Victim Credibility and Adjudicating Justice in Augustine's Letters Victoria Leonard
- 12. Archival Intimacies: Empathy and Historical Practice in 2023 Sarah Fox
- 13. Statues, Spatial Syntax and Surrealism: 'History' and Heritagescapes in Public Space Pippa Catterall
- 14. Creeping up on the Roman Provincial Ben Wiedemann
- 15. The Limits of the History of Western Sport in Colonial India Subhadipa Dutta
- 16. The Limits of the History of Western Sport in Colonial India – ERRATUM Subhadipa Dutta
- 17. Decolonising Universities? Myth-Histories of the Nation and Challenges to Academic Freedom in Aotearoa New Zealand Miranda Johnson
- 18. Stuart Ward's Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain Saima Nasar
- 19. Toward the Final Curtain: Glimpses of an End Foretold Brendan O'Leary
- 20. Celtic Nationalisms and the Global Break-up of Britain Ben Jackson
- 21. Unravelling Britishness Wendy Webster
- 22. Paradox Postponed Erin F. Delaney
- 23. Untidy Kingdom: A Reply by the Author Stuart Ward.
