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 Southey....

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:...

A (Dis)entangled History of Early Modern Cannibalism: Theory and Practice in Global History

by royalhistsoc | 22 Jun 2022 | Guest Posts, RHS Publications, Transactions

    In their new article, now published in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Stuart McManus and Michael T. Tworek offer a new approach to early modern global history. What they dub ‘(dis)entangled history’ is a way to combine the...

Parades and Power in Early Modern Japan

by royalhistsoc | 11 May 2022 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

    In her new article for Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Professor Rebekah Clements explores the complexities of political sovereignty in early modern Japan through the practice of ‘alternate attendance’. The requirement for...

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

by royalhistsoc | 13 Apr 2022 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications

    To coincide with the release of her new monograph, Dr Sarah Fox introduces us to the multiple stages and community focus of Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England. As Sarah argues, the cycle of eighteenth-century birthing began and concluded much...

Conversion and the Purposes of Mission in Protestant History

by royalhistsoc | 30 Mar 2022 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

    If you were a missionary, what constitutes a genuine ‘conversion’? How can you be confident that the people you seek to convert are not deceiving you, or themselves? In this post Professor Alec Ryrie and Dr David Trim introduce ‘Four...