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Amy Edwards. Are We Rich Yet? (2024)
Journal Article
Blackburn, D. (2024). Amy Edwards. Are We Rich Yet?. Journal of British Studies, 62(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2023.181

Review porducts. Amy Edwards. Are We Rich Yet? The Rise of Mass Investment Culture in Contemporary Britain. Berkeley Series in British Studies. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022. Pp. 384. $29.95 (cloth).

Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain (2024)
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Gust, O. (2024). Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain. Gender and History, 36(1), 112-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12769

The figure of the monster has long been used by trans and intersex scholars, artists and activists to articulate their sense of being in a world dominated by binary, cisgender norms. Yet what does it mean to embrace ‘the monstrous’ and how might that... Read More about Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain.

Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain (2024)
Journal Article
GUST, O. (2024). Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain. Gender and History, 36(1), 112-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12769

The figure of the monster has long been used by trans and intersex scholars, artists, and activists to articulate their sense of being in a world dominated by binary, cisgender norms. Yet what does it mean to embrace ‘the monstrous’ and how might tha... Read More about Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain.

Economics and the Cult of Death in Late Medieval England: The Guild of St. George in Nottingham, 1459-1546 (2024)
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Goddard, R., & Smalley, G. (2024). Economics and the Cult of Death in Late Medieval England: The Guild of St. George in Nottingham, 1459-1546. Midland History, https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729x.2023.2299035

This paper examines the decline of the fraternity of St. George in Nottingham between 1459 and 1546. It uses the guild’s accounts in conjunction with Nottingham’s rich surviving documentary materials to investigate the financial management of the fra... Read More about Economics and the Cult of Death in Late Medieval England: The Guild of St. George in Nottingham, 1459-1546.

Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England (2023)
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Dodd, G. (2023). Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 67, 85-117

By the start of the fourteenth century the petition was established as one of the most important modes of communication between towns and cities on the one hand, and the English crown on the other. Petitions underscored the need of urban communities... Read More about Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England.

Henry of Lancaster’s Revolt (1328–29): Conflict, the Politics of Kingship, and the Political Public in Fourteenth-Century England (2023)
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Raven, M. (2023). Henry of Lancaster’s Revolt (1328–29): Conflict, the Politics of Kingship, and the Political Public in Fourteenth-Century England. The English Historical Review, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cead153

The late medieval period was an important phase in the history of political communication in England, as more people than ever before became involved in debates about royal governance. The first half of the fourteenth century, however, has been relat... Read More about Henry of Lancaster’s Revolt (1328–29): Conflict, the Politics of Kingship, and the Political Public in Fourteenth-Century England.

Waiting to Die? Old Age in the Late Imperial Russian Village (2023)
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Badcock, S. (2023). Waiting to Die? Old Age in the Late Imperial Russian Village. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S008044012300021X

This article seeks to contribute to our understandings of old age in historical context through its focus on the experiences of and perceptions about older people in late Imperial Russian villages. Elderly people feature as an integral part of Russia... Read More about Waiting to Die? Old Age in the Late Imperial Russian Village.

Teaching with images: opportunities and pitfalls for Holocaust education (2023)
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Umbach, M., & Mills, G. (2024). Teaching with images: opportunities and pitfalls for Holocaust education. Holocaust Studies, 30(1), 47-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/17504902.2023.2249296

Based on a sample of the most commonly used textbooks and online teaching resources, we find that photos play a central but deeply problematic role in Holocaust education in the UK. The impact of photos on a generation of ‘primarily visual learners’... Read More about Teaching with images: opportunities and pitfalls for Holocaust education.