Explicit Content
Rude words are a constant, but their ability to cause offence is in flux. Historians should know their flim-flam from their fiddle-faddle.
Making History
Matters of Importance
There are several obstacles between Tudor women and their biographers. Bypassing them is a slow but necessary process.
Mind the Authority Gap
History books by men are bought in far greater quantities than those by women. Why?
The Continuity of Community
The support and camaraderie of close-knit communities were a double-edged sword. Nothing was private and reputations could be ruined at the twitch of the curtain.
A Ventriloquist Act?
Recent studies show the benefits and limitations of giving voice to the thoughts of our predecessors.
Fishing for the Facts
E.H. Carr’s belief that the histories we get depend on the questions we ask is more relevant than ever.
Open Access, Closed Minds
Plans to measure the impact of historical research as if it were a science will mean fewer history books that excite the general reader.
The Historian Embodied
Dressing in historical clothes can reveal things about the past that no book can.
Make Believe
Historians are tethered to the archive, but sometimes fixing the gaps requires the techniques of a novelist.
Recalling Forgotten Voices
History neglected is as troubling as history erased. We need to rethink the discipline.