Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

Volume 21: Sixth Series
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-01931-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 477 g

Reihe: Royal Historical Society Transactions

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume twenty-one of the sixth series includes the following articles: 'French crossings II: laughing over boundaries', 'Thinking with Byzantium', 'Why were some tenth-century English kings presented as rulers of Britain?', 'The Reformation of the generations: youth, age and religious change in England, c.1500–1700', 'Markets and cultures: medical specifics and reconfiguration of the body in early modern Europe', 'Troubling memories: nineteenth-century histories of the slave trade and slavery', 'The meaning of 'life': biology and biography in the work of J. S. Haldane (1860–1936)' and 'The demise of the asylum in late twentieth-century Britain: a personal history'. The volume also carries the Report of Council from 2010–11.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Archer, Ian W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Presidential address: French crossings II: laughing over boundaries Colin Jones; 2. Thinking with Byzantium Averil Cameron; 3. Why were some tenth-century English kings presented as rulers of Britain? (The Alexander Prize essay) George Molyneaux; 4. The Reformation of the generations: youth, age and religious change in England, c.1500–1700 Alexandra Walsham; 5. Markets and cultures: medical specifics and the reconfiguration of the body in early modern Europe Harold J. Cook; 6. Troubling memories: nineteenth-century histories of the slave trade and slavery Catherine Hall; 7. The meanings of 'life': biology and biography in the work of J. S. Haldane (1860–1936) Steve Sturdy; 8. The demise of the asylum in late twentieth-century Britain: a personal history Barbara Taylor; 9. Report of Council for 2010–2011.