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Staff Pick: Pride

This month, Yale University Press London staff voted for their favourite book on the theme of ‘Pride‘. Find out which…

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the esteemed Wolfson History Prize, we are taking a trip down…

This month, Yale University Press London staff voted for their favourite book on the theme of ‘The Sea‘. Find out…

Ronald Hutton, author of Pagan Britain and The Witch, returns with Queens of the Wild, a history of…

In this blog, Yale author Diane Wolfthal brings the visual representation of household workers in medieval and early-modern…

How do you cover 100,00 years of art history in one book? Moreover, how does an illustrator tackle…

Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited…

Why did our ancestors make art? What does art mean today? These are the questions answered by Charlotte…

David Carpenter, the author of, Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258, recounts his search…

To better understand the background to the Russia-Ukraine war, we have put together a reading list of Yale…

Today, economic sanctions are generally regarded as an alternative to war. But for most people in the interwar…

All Blogs, British History, Extracts, History, Recent Posts February 11, 2022

In this extract from his book, In Pursuit of Civility, Keith Thomas looks at manners, civility and codes…

The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The epic had…

This extract from Frank McLynn’s, Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, describes what happened in October 1777 when,…

In this extract from Going to Church in Medieval England, author Nicholas Orme discusses the customs, feasts and…