Jehan Creton’s ‘Prinse et mort du roy Richart d’Angleterre’

by | 07 Jun 2023 | Camden Series, General, RHS Publications

  The latest volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series is published in June: La Prinse et Mort du Roy Richart d’Angleterre, and Other Works by Jehan Creton, translated and edited by Lorna A. Finlay. In this post Lorna introduces the texts...

Anti-communism in Britain during the early Cold War: A Very British Witch Hunt

by | 13 Apr 2023 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

  To coincide with the release of his new book Anti-Communism in Britain During the Early Cold War: A Very British Witch Hunt, Dr Matthew Gerth considers the anti-communist credentials of the post-war British prime minister, Clement Attlee. Matthew’s book,...

Futures for the History Journal

by | 12 Dec 2022 | General, Online Events, Transactions

    ABOUT THIS EVENT Journals have long been, and remain, central to the communication of historical research. As a publishing form, History journals have proved remarkably durable, with developments typically taking place within an established framework of...

What did people do all day in the seventeenth century?

by | 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 | 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 | 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...