Ronald Hutton

Signposts: King Arthur

Ronald Hutton shows how historians' perceptions of the legendary figure have changed over recent times.

Published June 11 2010

A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration

Ronald Hutton reviews a book by Jenny Uglow

Published November 18 2009

Historical facts about the Druids are few, yet this very lack of tangible evidence has allowed their image to be reworked and appropriated by the English, Irish, Scots and Welsh for over 500 years. Ronald Hutton examines the modern history of an ancient order.

Published April 17 2009

Landmarks of Britain

Published December 15 2005

The Quest for the Shaman

Ronald Hutton introduces a new book which explores the extent of shamanism among ancient European peoples from the Stone Age to the early post-Roman era.

Published June 22 2005

Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen of the English Revolution

ed. Ian Gentles, John Morrill and Blair WordenWomen All on Fire . The Women of the English Civil WarAlison Plowden.Refiguring Revolutions. Aesthetics and Politics from the English Revolution to the Romantic Revolutioned. Kevin Sharpe and Steven N. Zwicker

Published April 30 1999

Roots and Rituals

Ronald Hutton describes the origins of his historical quest for self-discovery.

Published December 1 1998

A Glorious Fame; & Lady Rachel Russell

Books on seventeenth-century noblewomen best known for their writings

Published December 1 1988

A Tale of Two Cliffords

Ronald Hutton takes a closer look at Charles II's Secret Treaty of Dover.

Published June 30 1987

Revolution and Rebellion

Ronald Hutton reviews a work looking at revisionist histories of the Stuart age.

Published March 1 1987

'99 per cent perspiration'

Ronald Hutton on why it is a miracle for professional historians to publish books.

Published December 1 1985

Irish Myths through History's Mirror

The continuing struggle in Ireland, and the atrocities which it produces within Great Britain, are given full attention by the media.

Published October 1 1985

Rulers And Ruled 1580-1650

Published August 31 1985

Historians and the Bomb

Ronald Hutton on the many arguments propounded in the debate over nuclear weapons.

Published April 30 1985

Blowing away the shadow of Sodom

Ronald Hutton on erotica and morality through history

Published January 1 1985

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.