Penelope Corfield

George Washington's False Teeth

Penelope J. Corfield looks at two new works on the 18th century.

Published December 16 2003

London and the Modern Monarchy

Penelope Corfield explores the interdependent relationship between crown and capital from the 17th century onwards that the monarchy ignored at its peril.

Published February 1 1999

Laughing at the Learned

Penelope Corfield shows that ridiculing the learned professions is not a new thing.

Published December 1 1997

Georgian England: One State, Many Faiths

Penelope Corfield looks at the controversy about religion and ancien régime in the Georgian state and comes to a pluralist conclusion.

Published March 31 1995

The London Apothecaries Hall

Penelope Corfield delights in the traditions and splendours of the Apothecaries Hall in the capital.

Published March 1 1995

A Cultural History of Gesture: From Antiquity to the Present Day

Edited by Jan Bremmer and Hans Roodenburg

Published May 31 1993

America Becomes Urban; Birmingham; & The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England

Three new books on urban history and industrialisation on both sides of the Atlantic

Published July 31 1989

People, Cities and Wealth

The Transformation of Traditional Society

Published January 1 1988

From Rank to Class: Innovation in Georgian England

Penelope Corfield finds that economic progress and new self-awareness in language and gesture disturbed the tranquility of the ‘Age of Elegance'.

Published February 1 1987

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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.