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Norman Gash: Political Historian
Abstract This article commemorates the 40th anniversary of the publication of Lord Liverpool by Norman Gash (1912–2009). It considers Gash as a historian who both wrote about 19th‐century politics and expressed political views of his own. These views became increasingly prominent in the 1980s, during Margaret Thatcher's period of office.
Richard A. Gaunt
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The two ships, Bato (1806) and Brunswick (1805) wrecked in Simons Bay, South Africa, provide an opportunity to compare British and Dutch maritime technologies during the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815).
Mollema, Ivor +1 more
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“Floating Mind”: Art, Nature and Myth [PDF]
During my three years of this doctorate programme, I have explored the notion of the ‘floating mind’. In Art Anthropology, Japanese philosopher Nakazawa Shinichi describes the term ‘floating mind’ as something that does not have any specific form, colour
Kang, Eem Yun
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The last free traders? Interwar trade policy in the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies
Abstract There has still been too little detailed work on the protectionism that emerged in the wake of the Great Depression. In this paper we explore the experiences of two countries that have been largely neglected in the literature, the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies (NEI).
Pim de Zwart +2 more
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Napoleonic theatre and the body
Society of Dix-neuviémistes annual conference, Paris April 2016 Three members of the French Theatre of the Napoleonic era ran a panel on Napoleonic theatre and the body at the SDN annual conference last week.
Katherine Astbury
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AbstractThe Battle of the Teutoburg Forest between the Germanic Cherusci chieftain Arminius, or Hermann, and the Roman armies under Varus (9 AD) had served as an analogy for German–French hereditary enmity since the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). This analogy was particularly popular during the Napoleonic Wars as it symbolized the unity, independence ...
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Nationalism and the transformation of the state
Abstract While it is often assumed that the core debates about nationalism were settled by modernist scholars already in the 1980s, there are reasons to question this theoretical ‘consensus’, especially because it fails to anticipate the wave of nationalist geopolitics that is currently sweeping through the world.
Lars‐Erik Cederman
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Zamoyski, Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth (William Collins, 2018)
Review of Adam Zamoyski, Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth (London: William Collins, 2018).
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Writing the History of the Papacy in the 21st Century
Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 376-387, September 2025.
Simone Maghenzani
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The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding
Abstract Liberal democracy has become vulnerable to illiberal political movements and the gradual erosion of democratic institutions. To safeguard liberal democracy, we propose the concept of the Guardian State, which embraces liberal principles while acting as a defensive barrier against illiberal tendencies. We need strong administrative institutions
Kutsal Yesilkagit +3 more
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