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Historiography: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies

open access: yes, 2006
In the English-speaking world at least, there has been something of a deficit of explicit methodological reflection on history. However, there now exists a widespread sense that this must change.
Burns, Robert M., Robert m. burns.
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Establishing and English Bible in Henry VIII's England: translation, vernacular theology, and William Tyndale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In the 1520s, thanks to the infiltration into England of Martin Luther’s books, the English government began a dedicated campaign to protect the country from heresy. Their efforts, though substantial, failed to stem the tide of heresy.
James, Janice
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Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk

open access: yes, 2023
This book traces the development of the Polish theory of history, analysing how Jerzy Topolski, Krzysztof Pomian, and Olga Tokarczuk have both built upon and transgressed the metahistorical theories of American historian Hayden White.
Pomorski, Jan
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Anti‐Protestantism in the Global Catholic Mission, c. 1918–1960*

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

“...ONE OF THEIR CHIEFE FESTIVALL DAIES”: THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST SAFAVID TRADE PRIVILEGES TO THE BRITISH [PDF]

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья
Safavid-English relations were an important part of the international relations, an integral part of the “West — East” and “Christian world — Muslim world” systems.
Gafar-zada, L.
doaj   +1 more source

‘Sinister Indian‐like Half‐circle’: Tennis, Orientalism and the White Racial Frame in the Twentieth‐Century British Sporting Press

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining sport alongside race, media and imperial power opens a rich field for understanding how macro‐level ideologies are shaped and circulated through everyday cultural forms. In twentieth‐century Britain, mass media framed and distributed narratives that rendered the empire's political realities intelligible to a broad public.
SOUVIK NAHA
wiley   +1 more source

Castleford’s Lost Chronicle : The Historic Imagination in Yorkshire

open access: yes, 2010
[[abstract]]  The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an interesting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
李 白, Robert A. Albano
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