Celebrating 50 years of the Wolfson History Prize
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the esteemed Wolfson History Prize, we are taking a trip down the memory lane to revisit all…
Early Modern History
Manners in Middle Class Early Modern England – Keith Thomas
In this extract from his book, In Pursuit of Civility, Keith Thomas looks at manners, civility and codes of refinement in the professional and…
Marking Time: Objects in Early Modern History
During the early modern period, people’s relationship with the concept of time and their personal experience of it underwent a series of revolutions –…
Marking Time: Objects, People & Their Lives, 1500-1800
How do we measure the days of our lives? Through more than 450 objects from an extraordinary private collection of fine and decorative artworks,…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: the Enlightenment
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…
How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: An Introduction by Peter Lake
In this remarkable literary and historical analysis, Peter Lake pulls the curtain back on what Shakespeare was really telling his audience and what his…
Understanding Our Unconscious: Five Facts About Sleep by Sasha Handley
Sleep—or the lack of it—is important to everyone. Yet its history has barely been told. Sasha Handley, author of Sleep in Early Modern England, documents…