Social

Mack Holt argues that the early-modern obsession with tradition was sometimes a deliberate smokescreen for innovation.

Lesley Hall looks at sexuality as a recent recruit to historical studies – and at more than a century of argument and evasion

Before the mid-1800s many Americans did not dream of Christmas at all. Penne Restad tells how and why this changed – and played its role in uniting the US in social cohesion.

Edward Corp revalues the contribution, as emigre statesman and trend-setting art-collector, of one of the leading Jacobites at Saint-Germain.

Charles C. Noel illustrates how the remodelling of the Spanish capital reflected the new philosophical and cultural concerns of her rulers in the 'Age of Reason'. 

David Nash considers a cause celebre that tested tensions between pious tradition and a 'progressive' age.

Abigail Beach looks at constructing communities in the first half of the century

Peter Riddick looks at the way oral history can add another perspective to our understanding of situations and events.

Lois Banner looks at coded messages of gender, sexuality and domination that preceded baggy trousers.

Andrew Boyd offers a bicentennial analysis of a key element in the culture of Protestant Ulster.