A Fragile Tenure: England & Gascony 1216-1337
Robin Studd shows how Henry III's acceptance after 1259 of vassal status for England's one remaining continental territory of Gascony gave enormous scope for interference by the French crown.
History Today
The Fall of the Angevin Empire
A damned inheritance, hopelessly over-extended and out-resourced by the kings of France? Or an effective empire thrown away by incompetence and harshness? John Gillingham weighs the blame for John's loss of the Angevin dominions.
Indian Labour in British Guiana
Emancipation in British Guiana brought an influx of indentured labourers from India, whose working and living conditions were destructive of caste and culture, and often as harsh as those of the slaves they replaced.
The Pre-Industrial Family
Ralph Houlbrooke traces back the distinctive roots of the modern family.
Inflation and the Moral Order
The new phenomenon of inflation in 16th-century England not only disrupted the medieval social order, it also challenged the traditional moral censure of usury and capital expansion.
From 'Polite Learning' to 'Useful Knowledge'
'Manners makyth man...' but as the 19th century dawned; English intellectuals became increasingly concerned with expanding education and 'useful knowledge' down to the lower orders.
Parish Map Unearths Village Roots
Ann Hills on a new pictoral, archival map for a historic Dorset parish
The Indianisation of the Indian Army
A history of wasted opportunity – prejudice, procrastination and fears of a British backlash hampered attempts to give the Indian Army a native officer corps between 1919 and 1939.
The Life & Times of Acton Court
J.J. West explores a major Tudor courtier house near Bristol
A.J.P. Taylor: 'Profound Forces' in History
Paul Kennedy marks A.J.P. Taylor's 80th birthday this month by charting the tensions in the man and his writing - between views of history as 'accident' and 'grand design'.