Love and Marriage
Ivan Roots reviews two books on familial and social history
Ivan Roots reviews two books on familial and social history
Keith McCulloch samples a magisterial historiography
For wealthy young men in the eighteenth century, the 'Grand Tour' was the climax of their education, explains Hugh Belsey in this article. And as a souvenir of their travels, a portrait painted by Pompeo Batoni became almost de rigeur.
Geoffrey Parker examines the historiography of the Thirty Years' War.
John Cohen muses on the significance of death in literature and politics throughout history.
Polymnia Athanassiadi-Fowden
Catherine the Great wrote of Sophia Alekseevna, the first woman to effectively rule Russia, '... we cannot but own, that she was very capable of governing.'An article by Lindsey A.J. Hughes
Revolution and Red Tape by Clive H. Church
Douglas Porch