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Inventing the Woman Question, and Giving Women a History of Their Own (not in the 19th century, but the 15th )
By Dr Anne Lawrence If you think that the ‘Woman Question’ was a Victorian invention you are technically correct, but the ‘Women Debate’ was launched in fifteenth-century Paris by a celebrated scholar, author and historian – who was also a… Continue reading
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What causes eclipses, and what did people think about them in the past?
By Dr Anne Lawrence The English chronicler, William of Malmesbury, recorded an eclipse in 1140 like this: ‘There was an eclipse throughout England, and the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending. Then they… Continue reading
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Did the Cathars Exist?
Dr Rebecca Rist Who were the Cathars? Traditionally they have been seen as dissenters from Catholic doctrine living in the south of France and Northern Italy during the High Middle Ages. Cathar beliefs were supposed to derive from Bogomilism,… Continue reading
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The atomic bomb and public opinion: The limited credibility of NATO’s deterrent strategy during the Cold War
In this week’s post of our Hiroshima 1945-2015 series, Dr Linda Risso discusses NATO and nuclear deterrence… Dr Linda Risso The bomb. The mushroom cloud. The images of flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The shadows of victims permanently etched in the walls.… Continue reading
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A Historical Perspective on ‘Wolf Hall’: Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More Revisited
Rebecca Rist, Professor in Medieval History, gives her thoughts on the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. No doubt many of us have been tuning in to watch the television adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall on Wednesday nights. … Continue reading
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