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The nineties in 1990s Britain: long-sighted temporalities at the turn of the millennium by Geiringer, David

“…Abstract Chronological categories of periodization such as decades, centuries and millennia are broadly treated with scepticism by historians. This essay…”
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Edward Long’s observations on Jamaican slavery and British slave trade abolition by Morgan, Kenneth

“…Abstract This note presents for the first time material on Edward Long’s views on Jamaican enslavement and British slave trade abolition in 1804. His letter of…”
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The role of news and rumour during the Peasants’ Revolt, 1381 by Schoon, Paul

“…Abstract This article uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the role of news and rumour during the Peasants’ Revolt, an aspect of the rising that has…”
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‘Largely a matter of sentiment’? The demise of the battleship in the post-1945 Royal Navy by Benbow, Tim

“…Abstract Received wisdom suggests that a conservative, even sentimental Royal Navy clung to the battleship long after it ceased to have any strategic…”
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‘The Hideous Old Lady of Fashion’: dressing the ageing body in Victorian Britain by Ellis, Ruby

“…Abstract This article explores how the biological realities and cultural constructions of ageing combined to influence a daily decision taken by Victorian…”
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A secularizing society? Case studies of English northern industrial towns in the 1950s by Field, Clive

“…Abstract The religious historiography of Britain during the 1950s remains underdeveloped. Such scholarship as there is has drawn disproportionately upon…”
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Overlapping authorities, vikings in Frisia and the church of Utrecht by McNair, Fraser

“…Abstract In 858 King Lothar II granted Bishop Hunger of Utrecht the abbey of Sint Odiliënberg to serve as a refuge against viking attacks. This article…”
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The diplomatic authority of William Davison by Cousins, Rosalyn

“…Abstract Secretary William Davison (d. 1608) is best known for his involvement in the execution of Mary, queen of Scots, in 1587. This article explores…”
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Malignant passions and carnal desires: rape in long eighteenth-century Scotland by Barclay, Katie

“…Abstract Histories of lust have often been separated from that of rape, due to a concern with naturalizing male violence against women. However, ideas about…”
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Lustrous silk and dark wool: materiality, colour and the refashioning of St. Augustine in the medieval imagination by Ilko, Krisztina

“…Abstract Male bodies dressed in brilliant silk clothing conveyed messages of power in late medieval Italy. Previous scholars examined how these glamorous…”
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The official career of Sir Christopher Hales, attorney general and master of the rolls under Henry VIII by McGovern, Jonathan

“…Abstract This article is the first study of the official career of Sir Christopher Hales. It casts new light on the workload and responsibilities of an early…”
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Signs of economic development in the Kingdom of Naples under the Aragonese Crown: the Coppola Company by Petracca, Luciana

“…Abstract The article examines the role played by Loise and Francesco Coppola’s company under the Aragonese Crown, so as to outline the socio-economic situation…”
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The aftermath and afterlives of the Napier Fizzle across the British empire, 1834–42; or, how did Lord Napier die? by Bellamy, Andrew

“…Abstract In the fall of 1834 Lord William Napier died shortly after retreating from a tense stand-off with local authorities in Canton. While Napier’s retreat…”
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Changing interpretations of Ian Smith in the British press, 1980–2007 by Pattenden, Hugh

“…Abstract This article seeks to advance the debate surrounding contemporary attitudes to settler colonialism in Britain by looking at the reinvention of the…”
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‘One morning you would open the paper … and read, Return of Parnell’: rumours, legends and conspiracy narratives about Charles Stewart Parnell’s staged death by McConnel, James

“…Abstract This article is the first to reconstruct the contemporary legend that Charles Stewart Parnell staged his own death in 1891, pending his messianic…”
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Historic doubts about the survival of the Princes in the Tower after 1485 by Hicks, Michael

“…ABSTRACT This note assesses Philippa Langley’s four proofs for the survival of the two Princes in the Tower after 1485. Neither the Lille document nor…”
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A climate of fear? The Scottish universities and the question of devolution, 1974–9 by Cameron, Ewen A

“…Abstract This article seeks to examine the debate in the Scottish universities during the 1974–9 period, when the Labour government proposed to create a…”
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China in African American cosmopolitanism, 1919–29 by Zhang, Tao

“…Abstract The betrayal of the Western powers at the Paris Conference of 1919 directly led to the eruption of extensive anti-imperialism in China. This…”
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Freedom of speech, news and the classical republican tradition in seventeenth-century England by Gianoutsos, Jamie

“…Abstract This article examines how printed newsbooks shaped conceptions of freedom of speech and the classical republican tradition in Britain. After exploring…”
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The ‘consequence of an advertisement’: intermediation in the eighteenth-century credit market by Clements, Diane

“…Abstract This article examines the changing nature of intermediation in the market for private credit. Intermediaries used the impersonal medium of newspaper…”
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