Histories of Adulthood in Britain and the United States

by royalhistsoc | 28 Nov 2024 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    Adulthood has a history. In this post, Maria Cannon and Laura Tisdall introduce their new edited collection Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z which explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain...

Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act

by royalhistsoc | 19 Sep 2024 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    The 1832 Reform Act was a landmark moment in the development of modern British politics. In his new book — Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act — Martin Spychal rethinks the Act by demonstrating how boundary reform, and the...

Literary Cricket, Intellectual Culture and Edwardian In-Groups

by royalhistsoc | 09 Sep 2024 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

    How can studies of group activities inform our understanding of historical figures? In this post, Ollie Randall introduces his new article,’Cricket, Literary Culture and In-Groups in Early Twentieth-Century Britain’, published this month in...

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: from the editor

by royalhistsoc | 20 Aug 2024 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications

  In this post, Jan Machielsen, editor of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society reflects on his first six months in the role and looks ahead to forthcoming content in the journal. Published by Cambridge University Press, Transactions is the Society’s...

Letters Home: the Correspondence of Allen Leeper, 1908-1912

by royalhistsoc | 16 Jul 2024 | Camden Series, General, RHS Publications

  In this post David Hayton introduces his new volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series, Allen Leeper’s Letters Home, 1908–1912. An Irish-Australian at Edwardian Oxford. Allen Leeper, Oxford undergraduate and future Foreign Office mandarin,...

Designed for Play: Children’s playgrounds and the politics of urban space

by royalhistsoc | 11 Jul 2024 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    To coincide with the release of his new book — Designed for Play. Children’s Playgrounds and the Politics of Urban Space, 1840–2010 — Jon Winder considers the complex and revealing history of the children’s playground and the wider social,...