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Category Archives: Early Modern History
Christmas 2016: Sugar and Spice and All Things…
by Dr Richard Blakemore [1] Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist of the mid-seventeenth century, enjoyed Christmas (as we learned in the third post of our Christmas 2016 series). In 1661 he recorded spending a merry evening with friends; five years … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas 2016: Food and Feasting, Cultural History, Early Modern History, International History
Tagged christmas, Christmas 2016, early modern christmas, early modern history, food history, history, history of food, MOOC, Royal Food and Feasting, The History of Royal Food and Feasting, travel
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Christmas 2016: The History of the Humble Mince Pie
by Prof Helen Parish Some 400 million mince pies are consumed in the UK every year. A large number of them are left at the foot of chimneys around the world in anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus, but … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas 2016: Food and Feasting, Cultural History, Early Modern History, Features
Tagged christmas, Christmas 2016, Early Modern, early modern christmas, early modern history, food history, history of food, medieval christmas, medieval food, Medieval history, modern history, MOOC, Royal Food and Feasting, The History of Royal Food and Feasting
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Christmas 2016: Giving at Christmas Time
by Harriet Mahood The traditions of giving to the less fortunate is alive and well today and many of us will receive leaflets about Christmas charity campaigns through our doors this festive, and witness charity fundraising events whilst out and … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas 2016: Food and Feasting, Early Modern History, Features, Medieval History
Tagged christmas, Christmas 2016, Early Modern, early modern history, historic cooking, Historic Royal Palaces, historical baking, historical recipe, history of food, Medieval, medieval christmas, medieval food, MOOC, Royal Food and Feasting
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The Stenton Lecture and Symposium 2016
Thursday 17th November marks the date of this year’s Stenton Lecture which is preceded by the Stenton Symposium. What is the Stenton Lecture? The Stenton lecture is an annual lecture by an eminent historian, hosted by the Department and held … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural History, Early Modern History, European History, Events, International History, News, The Stenton Lecture
Tagged Britain, British History, Early Modern, early modern history, Event, French History, French Revolution, history, Stenton, Stenton Lecture, STENTON SYMPOSIUM, University of Reading
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A Recipe for Tudor Jumbals à la GBBO
by Dr Ruth Salter As you may be aware that this year the University’s team responsible for MOOCs [Massive Open Online Courses] and the history department, headed by Prof Kate Williams, have been working closely on an exciting venture. Along … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, In the Media, News
Tagged Early Modern, early modern history, food history, food science, FutureLearn, GBBO, Great British Bake Off, historic cooking, Historic Royal Palaces, historical baking, historical recipe, history, history of food, MOOC, Online Course, recipe, Royal Food and Feasting, The History of Royal Food and Feasting, Tudor, Tudor history, Tudor recipe, University of Reading
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