'Revisionism' has now become a historian's catch-phrase. Long-cherished interpretations of upheavals in British and European history have been re-examined. In this light, Glyn Redworth examines revisionist interpretations of the English Reformation.
Elders and betters? Attitudes towards old age in the society of classical Greece were enormously varied and often far from respectful.
Keith Nurse raises questions about the state of Britain’s hospital buildings.
Shelia Fletcher questions the relationship between women and the church from the early nineteenth century.
Christopher Chippindale looks into the religious world of the Turin Shroud.
Fresh air, sexual liberation, manual work and socialism was the heady brew offered by the leading exponent of anti-Establishment attitudes at the end of the Victorian era.
Keith Nurse examines a collection of Indian art at the Powis Castle in Wales.
Esmond Wright examines the American constitution and its workings after two centuries.
Life a moral drama - Richard Ollard, author of the latest study of Clarendon, argues that he was uniquely placed, as both chronicler of and participant in the English Civil War, to reflect in his writings his way of 'making sense' of politics, history and religion.
A myth for all seasons - the treatment through the centuries of Spain's medieval hero as a blend of Robin Hood and King Arthur provides revealing insights into the political needs of both his contemporary and more recent biographers.
