What did people do all day in the seventeenth century?

by royalhistsoc | 22 Nov 2022 | Camden Series, RHS Publications

    In his new scholarly edition, The Diary of George Lloyd (1642-1718), Daniel Patterson provides a detailed insight into the ‘everyday’ and ‘ordinary’ in early modern life. Daniel’s new Camden Series volume reclaims the life...

150 years of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (1872-2022)

by royalhistsoc | 17 Nov 2022 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

  November 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the first volume of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, our academic journal. A century and a half on, the 2022 volume of Transactions — published this month — also sees significant changes to the content,...

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Quantifying Caribbean Slavery’s Historic Connections and Modern Legacies in Scotland

by royalhistsoc | 11 Nov 2022 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

  In his new book, The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775-1838, Stephen Mullen provides the first comprehensive study of Scotland’s West India merchant elites and the economic legacy of Caribbean slavery on Scottish, and wider...

‘Aristocracy, Democracy, and Dictatorship’: Latest RHS Camden Volume

by royalhistsoc | 20 Sep 2022 | Camden Series, RHS Publications

  Twenty years after first using the political papers of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, seventh Marquess of Londonderry, Neil Fleming has recently published his scholarly edition of Londonderry’s political papers — Aristocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship...

Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century: Courting the Public

by royalhistsoc | 13 Sep 2022 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    To coincide with publication of his new monograph — The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813. Courting the Public — Dr Leo Shipp charts the rise and role of the laureateship from John Dryden to the appointment of Robert...

Providing for the Poor: micro-histories of poverty

by royalhistsoc | 06 Sep 2022 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    Dr Louise Falcini and Dr Peter Collinge introduce their new essay collection ‘Providing for the Poor: The Old Poor Law, 1750-1834’, the research for which is supported by the AHRC-funded project ‘Small Bills and Petty Finance:...