Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain

by rhsadministration | 16 Apr 2026 | Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives

    In this post, Rowan Thompson introduces his new book — Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire — which is published in April 2026 the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with...

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society

by rhsadministration | 06 Nov 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    In this post, Rachael Harkes introduces her new book — ‘Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow’ — which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with University of London...

Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940

by rhsadministration | 30 Oct 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    In this post, Gareth Roddy introduces his new book — Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880-1940 — which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with University of London...

Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales

by rhsadministration | 28 Aug 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    The building of reservoirs in England and Wales was key to urban growth across the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Management of waterworks projects was closely tied to the social and economic fortunes of rural areas, as well as the...

Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England

by | 10 Apr 2025 | Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    In this post Hannah Jeans introduces her new book—Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England—which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with University of London Press. Hannah’s book...

Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle: The Shadow of a Young Woman

by | 19 Mar 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications, Writing Race Two

    In this post, Rachel E. Johnson introduces her new book—Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle. The Shadow of a Young Woman—which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with...