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Skimming through history in the news this week: rabbits, cockles and elephants feature; there is mention of historical sites on and off Earth; plus, an encyclopaedic blunder and a fight to save history.
USA names a new historical resource...
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In considering the threat of invasion posed by France in 1805 and Germany in 1940, the chapters in this book are grouped thematically – ‘The Threat’, ‘The Civilians’, The Defences’ etc. Each chapter is then...
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To read this month’s article about Oliver Cromwell is to be reminded of one of the most extraordinary individual stories in our history. “I was by birth a gentleman,” Cromwell once said, “living neither in considerable height...
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One of the most fascinating questions raised by the economic downturn is whether it will permanently change our economic and personal behaviour. And it is a question with plenty of historical echoes. An old fashioned word – thrift – has...
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1. Mingle with the Vikings
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. To celebrate, the centre is pulling out all the stops for 2010’s Viking Festival. It kicks off with an academic conference that...
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Harold II – legitimate king, his army a match for the famed Norman cavalry; William the Conqueror – deceiver, war criminal, and propagandist with no real claim to the throne; devastation and expropriation by a brutal Norman regime; brave...
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The debate on global warming has focused international attention on the Arctic. Now we have a history of the region on a suitable scale. A comprehensive narrative stretching from the voyage of Pytheas the Massilia, the first to record reaching the...
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This well-written volume is an attempt to present a history of the British Isles free from the established modernist agenda, as understood in terms of a belief in the state and other social-democratic certainties, not least a secular progress...
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