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Waste of Time? Why do we use BC/AD - and should we keep them?

• Authors : Lambe, Simon

Subjects: YEAR; HISTORICAL chronology; ROMAN calendar

• Source: History Today. Aug2024, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p22-24. 3p.

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The Powers of Puppetry.

• Authors : Barker, Meghanne

Subjects: PUPPET theater; PUPPET theaters; SOCIALISMKAZAKHSTANKAZAKHSTANKAZAKHSTANReport Available

• Source: History Today. Aug2024, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p20-22. 3p.

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Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich.

• Authors : Overy, Richard

Subjects: HITLER'S People: The Faces of the Third Reich (Book); EVANS, Richard J., 1947-; BIOGRAPHY (Literary form)

• Source: History Today. Sep2024, Vol. 74 Issue 9, p94-97. 4p.

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IS HISTORY WRITTEN BY THE WINNERS? It's the most tired of historical clichés, but is it so for a reason? Who writes history? Four would-be winners debate.

Subjects: HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; LIBRARIES

• Source: History Today. Jun2023, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p8-10. 3p.

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Boring books.

• Authors : Garnett, George

Subjects: HISTORY; UNDERGRADUATES; NOSTALGIA

• Source: History Today. Apr2024, Vol. 74 Issue 4, p106-107. 2p.

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Beware the Lides of March.

• Authors : Parker, Eleanor

Subjects: HISTORICAL research; HISTORY; FESTIVALS

• Source: History Today. Mar2024, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p106-107. 2p.

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ON THE SPOT: LORI D. GINZBERG.

• Authors : Ginzberg, Lori D.

Subjects: GINZBERG, Lori D.; WOMEN historians; WOMEN'S rights

• Source: History Today. Aug2024, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p112-112. 1p.

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Untitled.

• Authors : Lyons, Mathew

Subjects: HISTORY; VALLA, Lorenzo, 1407-1457; INTERNATIONAL alliances

• Source: History Today. Aug2024, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p27-27. 1/3p.

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28 AUGUST 1839: THE EGLINTON TOURNAMENT.

• Authors : Lyons, Mathew

Subjects: MEDIEVAL tournaments; SPORTS events; HISTORY

• Source: History Today. Aug2024, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p26-26. 1p.

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Alternative Histories.

• Authors : Murray, Rob

Subjects: HISTORYJERUSALEM

• Source: History Today. Aug2024, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p24-24. 1/4p.

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GLOSSARY.

Subjects: MODERN history; COWLING, Maurice; HISTORY

• Source: History Today. Jun2024, Vol. 74 Issue 6, p130-130. 1p.

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THEY MADE the HOUSE.

• Authors : Boutsalis, Kelly

Subjects: OLYMPIC Games; LACROSSE; TEAM sports

• Source: Canada's History. Dec2023/Jan2024, Vol. 103 Issue 6, p28-37. 10p. 4 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 2 Maps, 3 Cartoon or Caricatures.

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Oracular Spectacular.

• Authors : Garnett, George

Subjects: MYTHOLOGY; RELIGIONS; HISTORYGREECEGREECEGREECEReport Available

• Source: History Today. Dec2023, Vol. 73 Issue 12, p106-107. 2p.

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ON THE SPOT: COURTNEY J. CAMPBELL.

• Authors : Campbell, Courtney J.

Subjects: HISTORY; FESTIVALS; SEVENTEENTH century

• Source: History Today. Mar2024, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p112-112. 1p.

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GLOSSARY.

Subjects: HISTORY; HISTORICAL research; FESTIVALS

• Source: History Today. Mar2024, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p110-110. 1p.

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Southern History in Periodicals, 2023: A Selected Bibliography.

Subjects: HISTORYSOUTHERN States

• Source: Journal of Southern History. May2024, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p325-390. 66p.

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BARBADOS AND THE END OF MONARCHY.

• Authors : Gilmore, John T.

Subjects: MONARCHY; HISTORY; ELIZABETH II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022BARBADOSBARBADOSBARBADOSReport Available

• Source: History Today. Feb2022, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p90-93. 4p.

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WHAT INFLUENCE HAS THE BBC HAD ON HISTORY? Founded as the British Broadcasting Company in October 1922, the BBC has sought to 'inform, educate and entertain' for a century. Facing an uncertain future, what impact has it had on the past?

Subjects: BRITISH Broadcasting Co.; REITH, John Charles Walsham Reith, Baron, 1889-1971; HISTORY

• Source: History Today. Oct2022, Vol. 72 Issue 10, p8-10. 3p.

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ANIMAL ATTRACTION.

• Authors : Lekan, Thomas M.

Subjects: HISTORY of tourism; SAFARIS; GRZIMEK, BernhardTANGANYIKA

• Source: History Today. Apr2021, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p40-53. 14p.

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ON THE SPOT: LEVI ROACH.

• Authors : Roach, Levi

Subjects: ROACH, Levi; HISTORIANS; HISTORICAL literature

• Source: History Today. Feb2024, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p112-112. 1p.

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THE CROWD-FUNDED WAR.

• Authors : Shorland, Sophie

Subjects: BRITISH history, 1066-1687; DRAKE, Francis, Sir, ca. 1540-1596; NORRIS, JohnAZORES

• Source: History Today. Feb2021, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p42-49. 8p.

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GOTHS AT THE GATE.

• Authors : Boin, Douglas

Subjects: ROMAN history to 510 B.C.; OVID, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; GOTHSDACIA

• Source: History Today. Dec2020, Vol. 70 Issue 12, p28-39. 12p.

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HAS LITERATURE EVER CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY? On the 100th anniversary of its publication, James Joyce's Ulysses is widely regarded as a groundbreaking work of fiction, but can literature have any impact outside the confines of culture?

Subjects: LITERATURE; HISTORY; LITERATURE & history

• Source: History Today. Feb2022, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p8-10. 3p.

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DID BRITAIN EVER HAVE A REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT? Four historians consider whether the traditional Whig history of Britain, as one of evolutionary political progress, has ever been challenged by events.

Subjects: REVOLUTIONS; WHIG Party (Great Britain); CHARLES I, King of England, 1600-1649

• Source: History Today. Jan2022, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p8-10. 3p.

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More than a Memory.

• Authors : Pike, Robert

Subjects: GAULLE, Charles de, 1890-1970; COLLECTIVE memory; JEWISH communitiesORADOUR-sur-Glane (France); STRASBOURG (France)

• Source: History Today. Sep2021, Vol. 71 Issue 9, p18-20. 3p.

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BEHIND THE TIMES.

• Authors : Dillon, Michael

Subjects: UIGHUR (Turkic people); POLITICAL persecution; DETENTION facilitiesXINJIANG Uygur Zizhiqu (China)

• Source: History Today. Jan2020, Vol. 70 Issue 1, p90-93. 4p.

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HOLY WOMEN AND THE RISE OF ROYAL POWER IN FRANCE.

• Authors : Field, Sean L.

Subjects: CAPETIAN dynasty, France, 987-1328; MEDIEVAL women's history; RELIGIOUS life of Christian womenFRANCEFRANCEFRANCEReport Available

• Source: History Today. Oct2019, Vol. 69 Issue 10, p54-65. 12p.

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BEHIND THE TIMES LEAVING HONG KONG.

• Authors : Hampton, Mark

Subjects: HISTORY of Hong Kong, China; EXTRADITION; GODBER, Peter

• Source: History Today. Oct2019, Vol. 69 Issue 10, p90-93. 4p.

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HISTORY IN RUINS.

• Authors : Seale, Yvonne

Subjects: CHATEAU de Coucy (Coucy-le-Chateau-Auffrique, France); CASTLES; PRESERVATION of castlesFRANCEFRANCEFRANCEReport Available

• Source: History Today. Sep2019, Vol. 69 Issue 9, p76-83. 8p.

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Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen.

• Authors : Wärnberg, Jessica

Subjects: CATHERINE De' Medici: The Life & Times of the Serpent Queen (Book); HOLLINGSWORTH, Mary; BIOGRAPHY (Literary form)

• Source: History Today. Sep2024, Vol. 74 Issue 9, p97-98. 2p.

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Alternative Histories.

• Authors : Murry, Rob

Subjects: MURRAY, Rob; HISTORY

• Source: History Today. Sep2023, Vol. 73 Issue 9, p24-24. 1/5p.

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Textuality as amplification: reconsidering close reading and distant reading in cultural history.

• Authors : Salmi, Hannu

Subjects: LITERARY explication; CULTURAL history; CULTURAL transmission

• Source: Rethinking History. Jun2024, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p261-277. 17p.

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WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THE CREATION OF BANGLADESH?

Subjects: HISTORY of political autonomy; HISTORY of war; BANGLADESHISBANGLADESHBANGLADESHBANGLADESHReport Available

• Source: History Today. Mar2021, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p8-10. 3p.

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LETTER FROM LEIDEN: OF CESSPITS AND SEWERS.

• Authors : HUNT, WILL

Subjects: SEWERAGE; URBAN sanitation; MEDIEVAL cities & townsLEIDEN (Netherlands)

• Source: Archaeology. Jan/Feb2019, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p55-58. 4p. 9 Color Photographs.

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TOP 10 DISCOVERIES OF 2018.

• Authors : POWELL, ERIC A.; BROWN, MARLEY; WEISS, DANIEL

Subjects: ARCHAEOLOGY; BREAD; FRESCO paintingSAQQARAH (Egypt); EGYPTEGYPTEGYPTReport Available; RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIAReport Available

• Source: Archaeology. Jan/Feb2019, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p26-33. 8p. 12 Color Photographs.

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SHIPPING STONE.

• Authors : BEN ZION, ILAN (AUTHOR)

Subjects: BYZANTINE antiquities; UNDERWATER archaeology; SHIPWRECKSITALYITALYITALYReport Available

• Source: Archaeology. Sep/Oct2018, Vol. 71 Issue 5, p50-55. 6p. 11 Color Photographs.

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A Local Institution.

• Authors : BROWN, MARLEY (AUTHOR)

Subjects: COFFEEHOUSES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; COFFEEENGLANDENGLANDENGLANDReport Available; CAMBRIDGE (England); UNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomReport Available

• Source: Archaeology. Sep/Oct2018, Vol. 71 Issue 5, p34-37. 4p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.

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SLAVES TO WAR.

• Authors : Ali, Adam

Subjects: ENSLAVED military personnel; OTTOMAN Empire; TURKIC peoplesISLAMIC Empire

• Source: History Today. Aug2019, Vol. 69 Issue 8, p28-41. 14p.

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THE HISTORIAN'S COOKBOOK: SIMNEL CAKE.

• Authors : Alexander Lee

Subjects: FRUITCAKE; BRITISH cooking; CAKE

• Source: History Today. Apr2019, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p84-88. 5p.

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BEHIND VICTORIAN BARS.

• Authors : Moore, J. M.

Subjects: VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901; PRISON reform; PRISON reformersUNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomReport Available

• Source: History Today. Jan2019, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p60-65. 6p.

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In her DNA.

• Authors : Elster, Naomi

Subjects: FRANKLIN, Rosalind, 1920-1958; WOMEN scientists; DNA structure

• Source: History Today. Jan2019, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p12-15. 4p.

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Justice, at What Cost? As today, accusations of rape in 19th-century America inevitably, and repeatedly, met with harsh backlashes against the victims.

• Authors : Barnes, Elizabeth

Subjects: SEXUAL assault laws; SEX crime laws; RAPE lawsUNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available

• Source: History Today. Dec2018, Vol. 68 Issue 12, p8-11. 4p.

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TYRANTS AND ROBOT.

• Authors : Mayor, Adrienne

Subjects: ROBOTS; CLASSICAL civilization; HEPHAESTUS (Greek deity)

• Source: History Today. Nov2018, Vol. 68 Issue 11, p48-59. 12p.

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FINDING KEEPERS.

• Authors : Wise, Sarah

Subjects: PEOPLE with mental illness; CARE of people; VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901

• Source: History Today. Nov2018, Vol. 68 Issue 11, p66-77. 12p.

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LORD LIVERPOOL: EURO SCEPTIC.

• Authors : Hay, William Anthony

Subjects: LIVERPOOL, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828; BRITISH foreign relations; BALANCE of power

• Source: History Today. Oct2018, Vol. 68 Issue 10, p68-77. 10p.

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KUT LOSSES.

• Authors : Hopkins, A. G.

Subjects: SIEGE of Al Kut, Iraq, 1915-1916; IRAQ War, 2003-2011; AMERICAN personal narratives of the Iraq War, 2003-2011AL Kut (Iraq); IRAQIRAQIRAQReport Available

• Source: History Today. Oct2018, Vol. 68 Issue 10, p34-45. 12p.

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NATIONAL GALLERY THE ALPS.

• Authors : Griffiths, Rhys

Subjects: ALPS description & travel; TURNER, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851; MAXIMILIAN I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519ALPS; INNSBRUCK (Austria)

• Source: History Today. Sep2018, Vol. 68 Issue 9, p78-85. 8p.

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METHOD IN THE MADNESS.

• Authors : Lansdown, Richard

Subjects: METHODIST Church; METHODISTS; WESLEY, John, 1703-1791ENGLANDENGLANDENGLANDReport Available; UNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomReport Available

• Source: History Today. Sep2018, Vol. 68 Issue 9, p52-61. 10p.

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Reporting on the Ripper.

• Authors : Fisher, Beth

Subjects: JACK, the Ripper, fl. 1888; SENSATIONALISM in journalism; BRITISH newspapers

• Source: History Today. Sep2018, Vol. 68 Issue 9, p8-11. 4p.

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FEARGAL COCHRANE.

• Authors : Cochrane, Feargal

Subjects: COCHRANE, Feargal; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL relations

• Source: History Today. Jul2023, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p112-112. 1p.

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