The Abolitionists’ Debt to Lord Mansfield
Stephen Usherwood shows how Lord Mansfield employed his precise legal mind and his reasoned humanitarianism to expose the iniquities of slavery - and thus helped pave the way for its abolition.
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Monument: A House in Aspic
Juliet Gardiner continues our Monument series, welcoming the opening of Linley Sambourne’s house in London as one of the few city house museums to show us the habitat of the urban dweller and to satisfy our curiosity about the surroundings of people’s lives in the past.
Postscript: the European Witch-craze
Geoffrey Parker concludes our two-part feature on Europe's witch-craze.
500 Years of the Spanish Inquisition
February, 1981 marks the fifth centenary of the inauguration of the Spanish Inquisition. Over the years many myths and misconceptions have grown up around the Inquisition. These are dispelled in this commemorative essay by Henry Kamen, author of The Spanish Inquisition.
War and the Past
David G. Chandler discusses the logistics of Military History.
The Changing Menu 1400-1900
Maggie Black looks at the cultural history of three February menus, based as much on show as the cooking.
Heartland of the Witchcraze: Central and Northern Europe
More witches were executed in the German-speaking territories than in any other part of Europe. Why was the German witch-hunt so assiduously and successfully prosecuted?
Witch-Hunting and Women in the Art of the Renaissance
The artistic images of women depicted as witches were varied and constitute unusual 'pieces of history' by preserving a visual record of the intellectual origins of the witchcraze, as Dale Hoak discusses here.
Witch Beliefs and Witch-hunting in England and Scotland
Comparisons between the English and Scottish witch-hunts have been drawn from as early as 1591. Using recent research on the subject from both sides of the border, Christina Larner offers a timely reassessment of their differences.