Change & Continuity in 17th Century English Parliaments
David L. Smith provides an overview of parliamentary history during the 'century of revolutions'.
Issue 43 September 2002
Corn, Catholics and the Constitution: The Tory Crisis of 1827-30
Graham Goodlad considers the reasons for the disintegration of the early nineteenth-century Tory Party, which had dominated British politics for more than four decades.
Mao Zedong: Liberator or Oppressor of China?
Michael Lynch introduces the controversial career of a gargantuan figure in Chinese and modern world history.
Tackling Source-Based Questions
Graham D Goodlad matches source-based questions with the skills needed to tackle them effectively.
The Development of Protestantism in 16th Century France
Graham Noble investigates the causes of the rise and fall of French Protestantism.
The Dutch Revolt
Graham Darby explains how and why the creation of the Dutch state preceded the existence of Dutch national feeling.
The Peculiar Course of German History
Edgar Feuchtwanger warns against exaggerating the extent or significance of liberalism’s failure in German history.
Why did the Bolsheviks Win the Russian Civil War?
Peter Anderson compares the tactics and resources of the two sides.
Sir John Simon
David Dutton asks whether Simon was the 'Worst Foreign Secretary since Ethelred the Unready'.