Historiography

Six leading historians of science define their discipline.

Six leading historians of science define their discipline.

Christopher Abel and Colin M. Lewis analyse the state of history writing on Latin America, from a 1980s standpoint.

Simon Keynes examines the variety of books on Anglo-Saxon rulers.

John A. Davis discusses a range of books tackling the Risorgimento.

Paul Dukes urges the need to widen our vision of the past by adopting the perspective of world history.

In Reading History, Peter Burke examines various reassessments of the Italian Renaissance.

Peter Stansky encourages the link between the past and present in history.

Breaking away from the limited perspectives of American history long prevalent in Britain, Alistair Hennessy contributes to a clearer understanding of historical processes which have too often been considered as unique to the United States.

In this article, Roy Foster seeks to explain the many difficulties that are faced by Irish historians.