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The Students: Foregrounding Difference (2021)
Book Chapter
Gust, O. (2021). The Students: Foregrounding Difference. In Teaching History for the Contemporary World: Tensions, Challenges and Classroom Experiences in Higher Education (43-55). Singapore: Springer

This chapter discusses ways of creating history classrooms and courses that are accessible to students who are minoritised by society, whether as a result of their heritage, gender, sexuality or class background, as well as those who face physical, e... Read More about The Students: Foregrounding Difference.

The Interconnected Histories of the Syriac Churches in the Sixteenth Century (2021)
Journal Article
Parker, L. (2021). The Interconnected Histories of the Syriac Churches in the Sixteenth Century. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 72(3), 509-532. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046920001505

Due to their different doctrinal positions, the various Syriac-using Churches of the Middle East have generally been understood as rivals to each other, with separate histories that can be studied in isolation. This article argues that doctrinal diff... Read More about The Interconnected Histories of the Syriac Churches in the Sixteenth Century.

Uncertainty: Staple Credit and the Measurement of Later Medieval “Business Confidence” (2021)
Journal Article
Goddard, R. (2022). Uncertainty: Staple Credit and the Measurement of Later Medieval “Business Confidence”. Enterprise and Society, 23(4), 950-983. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2021.6

Business confidence is a measure of optimism or pessimism that managers feel about the commercial prospects for their organizations. This paper uses later medieval high-value English credit data as a proxy gauge of merchants' business confidence or u... Read More about Uncertainty: Staple Credit and the Measurement of Later Medieval “Business Confidence”.

Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel (2021)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2021). Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel. Parliamentary History, 40(1), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12548

In May 1961, the firm of Longmans published the first volume of Norman Gash's monumental life of Sir Robert Peel. Mr Secretary Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel before 1830 was hailed at the time as a landmark and has proved surprisingly durable as a... Read More about Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel.

The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England (2021)
Book
Hefferan, M. (2021). The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England. Boydell & Brewer

First extended survey of the subject, looking at the knights' activities, roles, background and service. It was common for the kings of medieval England to retain a small number of knights in their personal service, as part of the royal household.... Read More about The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England.