In the March issue:
The Venner Rebellion, Madam Butterfly and the Forging of Japanese Identity, 1771: Britain Between Continents, Fancy Dress, Litigious Lives, Haiti’s ‘Zombies, Cannibals and Werewolves’, Soviet Shopping, Marmots.
Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more!
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The resort to law was an integral and regular part of everyday life in medieval Britain – and not just for men. Town court records offer glimpses into the lives of hundreds of ordinary women, through the lawsuits they were involved in.
Puccini’s opera revealed misunderstandings and stereotypes on both sides of the East-West divide.
An armed uprising by a handful of religious extremists in Restoration London led to serious consequences for British and, ultimately, world history.
Solitude was treated with suspicion in the Middle Ages. For most people it has only been a possibility in recent times.
Electric cars seem to offer a solution to the problem of the internal combustion engine. But technological advances have other consequences.
Having achieved success in the Seven Years War, the following decade would be a chastening experience for Britain, culminating in the loss of its American colonies.
Not since the Middle Ages have the ancient traditions of fancy dress been so potent.
The complexities of Haiti’s religious culture were misunderstood and exploited by imperial powers.
Dmitri Mendeleev identified a general theory underlying all elements on 1 March 1869.
A kaleidoscopic tour of the Volga and the history of the people who have resided by it.
Should the finger of blame be pointed at the marmot for the global spread of the plague?
Even the retail sector became part of the second Five Year Plan imposed on the Soviet Union by Stalin.
