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Tewdwr: Eponymous Ancestor of the Tudor Dynasty

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The standard derivation of the dynastic name Tudor from Welsh Tudur, surname of the grandfather of Henry VII, is problematic on phonological grounds, as well as the fact that Tudur was never used as a surname by Henry himself, being attributed to him only by his enemies with implication of lowly origins.
DAFYDD JOHNSTON
wiley   +1 more source

A nationwide student survey on biochemistry learning resources in Italy. [PDF]

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio
Marabotti A   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Archiving the History of Environmentalism: Insights from Academia and Practice

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum considers the current state of archiving for the environmental movement at local, national and international levels. It responds to a gap that researchers of environmentalism have long been aware of, but one that is poorly understood from the perspective of records management and collections development practice.
Henry Irving   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Book History Creatively for Twenty‐First‐Century Publishing Students

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teaching book history to twenty‐first‐century publishing students often proves a delightful challenge as some grapple with appreciating how this history is relevant to not only their pursuit of a career in the publishing industry but also the publishing industry generally.
Jocelyn Hargrave
wiley   +1 more source

Castles in the Air: Sectarian Puritanism, the Revolutionary Caribbean and the Forgotten Colony of New Warwick, Trinidad

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
wiley   +1 more source

The ‘Great Frost’ of 1708–9 in Britain and the Condescensions of Posterity

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ‘great frost’ of 1709 and its impact on economic life in Britain, challenging a popular view that, based on gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, it was catastrophic. It shows that the annual GDP figures for the period have such wide error margins that they cannot establish the scale of the disruption; that the ...
Julian Hoppit
wiley   +1 more source

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