Inflation and the Moral Order
The new phenomenon of inflation in 16th-century England not only disrupted the medieval social order, it also challenged the traditional moral censure of usury and capital expansion.
History Today
From 'Polite Learning' to 'Useful Knowledge'
'Manners makyth man...' but as the 19th century dawned; English intellectuals became increasingly concerned with expanding education and 'useful knowledge' down to the lower orders.
Parish Map Unearths Village Roots
Ann Hills on a new pictoral, archival map for a historic Dorset parish
The Indianisation of the Indian Army
A history of wasted opportunity – prejudice, procrastination and fears of a British backlash hampered attempts to give the Indian Army a native officer corps between 1919 and 1939.
The Life & Times of Acton Court
J.J. West explores a major Tudor courtier house near Bristol
A.J.P. Taylor: 'Profound Forces' in History
Paul Kennedy marks A.J.P. Taylor's 80th birthday this month by charting the tensions in the man and his writing - between views of history as 'accident' and 'grand design'.
Droitwich's Spa Revival
Tony Aldous on a Worcestershire town whose natural resources brought the Romans there.
Mother and Child in the Greek World
Women were evaluated principally as child bearers and child rearers in the male-orientated world of ancient Greece, but not without dignity or compassion.
Cultural Decolonisation: UNESCO & Africa
John D. Hargreaves discusses cultural reconstruction and its political implications.
The Monastic Revival
Intellectual sharpness and an aggressive building programme marked the Norman transformation of English monasticism.