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‘Where the Wild Things Are’: The Medieval Augustinian Order’s Perception of Nature between Tree Lore and Environmental History by Ilko, Krisztina

“…Abstract This article examines how medieval woodlands around Augustinian convents could convey messages of power. In the thirteenth century, the papacy…”
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From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland by Veach, Colin

“…Abstract This article offers a new way of framing the English conquest of Ireland by focusing on the development of a kingdom of Ireland both before and after…”
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The Creation of State Anniversaries: James VI and I and the Politics of Thanksgiving by Williamson, Philip, Mears, Natalie

“…Abstract Religious anniversaries ordered by the state—by the monarch, royal council or parliament—were observed in England and Ireland from the seventeenth to…”
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The English Lordship of Ireland and the Irish Sea World: Re-assessing the Origins of the Kildare Ascendancy, c.1390–c.1513 by Egan, Simon

“…Abstract By 1500, the FitzGeralds of Kildare had established themselves as one of the most powerful entities in Ireland. A considerable body of work has been…”
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Michael Wirth’s Kunstbüchlein : Books of Arts and Weapons Magic in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany by Rowlands, Alison

“…Abstract How did men and magical objects interact in the early modern period, and with what consequences? This article seeks to answer these questions through…”
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Contextualising Edix Hill: First-Pandemic Plague and Britain by Singer, Rachel

“…The 2019 discovery of Yersinia pestis ancient DNA at Edix Hill in Cambridgeshire unquestionably confirms that plague was present in sixth-century Britain…”
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‘A Matter of Joint Decision’: The Origins of British Nuclear Retaliation Procedures and the Murphy–Dean Agreement of 1958 by Jones, Matthew

“…Abstract Formally concluded by the British prime minister, Harold Macmillan, and the US president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in June 1958, the Murphy–Dean…”
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The End of Composite Monarchies: Hugo Grotius’s De iure belli ac pacis and Mid-Seventeenth-Century Iberian Diplomacy by Jones Corredera, Edward

“…Abstract This article sheds light on the seventeenth-century Catalan, Portuguese and Castilian uses of Hugo Grotius’s De iure belli ac pacis (1625) and, in…”
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Correction to: Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments, by Deborah Boucoyannis

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Constructing Disraeli in Twentieth-Century Conservatism by Pearce, Nick

“…Abstract Since the 1960s, when historians first dethroned the dominant view of Benjamin Disraeli as a Tory democrat and social reformer, his association with…”
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Natural Disasters at the Closing of the Dutch Golden Age: Floods, Worms, and Cattle Plague, by Adam Sundberg by Moerman, Dániel

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Slaying the Servants of the Lord: The Killing of Bishops in Medieval Germany, c.900–1300 by Loud, G A

“…Abstract The medieval Church did its best to discourage both the involvement of clerics in violence and violence against clerics. The murder of a bishop, in…”
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Prisons on the Edge: Perspectives on the Late Medieval and Early Modern History of Confinement in the Francosphere by Abdela, Sophie

“…Abstract It is high time we took stock of the field of carceral history—something particularly true for the French-speaking world. In the last twenty years,…”
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‘William Fowler’, Sir William Garrard, Sir John Hawkins and the Sixteenth-Century Atlantic Slave Trade by Baker, Gary Paul, Lambert, Craig

“…Abstract This article sheds new light on English involvement in the sixteenth-century transatlantic slave trade, especially the voyages of John Hawkins in the…”
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Human Tales on the Pathless Sea? Imperial Subjectivities and Exploration Ship Tracks in European Maritime Mapping, c.1500–c.1800 by Caputo, Sara

“…Abstract During the Renaissance, Europeans began to mark sea journeys on maps and charts as lines or dotted lines—‘ship tracks’. This new graphical depiction…”
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Tudor Ghosts in Black Shirts: The British Union of Fascists, Nazi Germany and the Quest for Musical Greatness in Britain by Decker, Philip

“…Abstract The United Kingdom has for centuries suffered the reputation of an ‘unmusical nation’ that could not produce a great composer or compete with the rich…”
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The Composition Date of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi (IP2) Reconsidered by Spencer, Stephen J

“…Abstract Since Hans Eberhard Mayer’s ground-breaking study of 1962, scholars have almost invariably dated one of the longest western narratives of the Third…”
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The Three Careers of the Solemn League and Covenant: Presbyterianism and Scottish Religious Diversity, 1643–1800 by Raffe, Alasdair

“…Abstract This article examines the changing significance of the Solemn League and Covenant in the century and a half following its negotiation by the…”
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The Medieval Public Sphere and the Response to a Condemnation for Heresy in Bologna, 1299 by Barucci, Teresa

“…Abstract Bologna, 1299. The purse-makers Bompietro and Giuliano are burned at the stake as heretics by the Dominican Inquisition. A discussion about the lack…”
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Favouritism, Patronage and the ‘Family System’ in England, c.1700–1850 by Begiato, Joanne

“…Abstract This article examines the interrelationships between familial, social, political and professional ideas about favouritism in England. It shows that…”
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