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Bede's History of the Future (2014)
Book Chapter
Darby, P. (2014). Bede's History of the Future. In P. Darby, & F. Wallis (Eds.), Bede and the Future, 115-138. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White (eds.), Winning while losing: civil rights, the conservative movement and the presidency from Nixon to Obama (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2014, $79.95. Pp. 304; 978-0-8130-4908-3) (2014)
Journal Article
Merton, J. (in press). Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White (eds.), Winning while losing: civil rights, the conservative movement and the presidency from Nixon to Obama (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2014, $79.95. Pp. 304; 978-0-8130-4908-3). Journal of American Studies, 48(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875814001522

From the strange death to the odd afterlife of Lutheran England (2014)
Journal Article
Gehring, D. S. (2014). From the strange death to the odd afterlife of Lutheran England. Historical Journal, 57(3), 825-844. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X13000599

Research on the relationship between England and Protestant Germany during the sixteenth century has recently experienced a revival. A significant area of concentration for confessional interests among Lutherans a century ago, Anglo-German relations... Read More about From the strange death to the odd afterlife of Lutheran England.

David Bruce and Diplomatic Practice: An American Ambassador in London, 1961-9 (2014)
Book
YOUNG, J. (2014). David Bruce and Diplomatic Practice: An American Ambassador in London, 1961-9. Bloomsbury Academic

David Bruce (1898-1977) was a prominent American diplomat, who served in France, Germany, and the UK. His work is examined here to provide an in-depth look at the practice of diplomacy and the role of the ambassador as diplomatic actor.This thorough... Read More about David Bruce and Diplomatic Practice: An American Ambassador in London, 1961-9.

Ethics and Anglo-German Relations during the Wars of Religion (2014)
Book Chapter
GEHRING, D. (2014). Ethics and Anglo-German Relations during the Wars of Religion. In D. Wendebourg, & A. Ryrie (Eds.), Sister Reformations II: Reformation and Ethics in Germany and in England / Schwesterreformationen II: Reformation und Ethik in Deutschland und in Englan (299-323). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck

Conservative leaders, coalition, and Britain's decision for war in 1914 (2014)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2014). Conservative leaders, coalition, and Britain's decision for war in 1914. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 25(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2014.907061

Conservative leaders may have had a decisive impact on the decision by the Liberal government to enter the Great War in August 1914. In a seminal article of 1975 Keith Wilson argued that their readiness to fight ‘cut the ground … from beneath the fee... Read More about Conservative leaders, coalition, and Britain's decision for war in 1914.

Reason, conscience and equity: bishops as the king's judges in later Medieval England (2014)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2014). Reason, conscience and equity: bishops as the king's judges in later Medieval England. History, 99(335), https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229X.12052

It has long been recognized that many late medieval bishops were heavily involved in secular government. Scholars have tended to characterize these activities in fairly general terms, labelling those who chose to serve the crown as ‘administrators’,... Read More about Reason, conscience and equity: bishops as the king's judges in later Medieval England.

Peel's other repeal: the Test and Corporation Acts, 1828 (2014)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2014). Peel's other repeal: the Test and Corporation Acts, 1828. Parliamentary History, 33(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12096

This article considers Robert Peel’s role in the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in 1828. Traditionally overshadowed by the larger campaign to secure catholic emancipation in 1829, the repeal legislation assumes importance in Peel’s political... Read More about Peel's other repeal: the Test and Corporation Acts, 1828.

Foreign rule?: transnational, national, and local perspectives on Venice and Venetia within the “multinational” empire (2014)
Journal Article
Laven, D., & Parker, L. (2014). Foreign rule?: transnational, national, and local perspectives on Venice and Venetia within the “multinational” empire. Modern Italy, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/13532944.2013.871417

The history of the Habsburg Empire in the post-Napoleonic era is frequently approached from the perspective of its various component nationalities. These were traditionally portrayed in the historiography as engaged in more-or-less open struggle with... Read More about Foreign rule?: transnational, national, and local perspectives on Venice and Venetia within the “multinational” empire.

Inventing and reinventing the modern city: the 2012 city status competition in the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Beckett, J. (2014). Inventing and reinventing the modern city: the 2012 city status competition in the United Kingdom. Urban History, 41(4), 705-720. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926813001053

Three new cities were created in conjunction with Her Majesty the queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012: Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph. They were the winners of a competition which had no clear rules, no transparency and no proper feedback. T... Read More about Inventing and reinventing the modern city: the 2012 city status competition in the United Kingdom.

Spare Ribs? Early Modern Female Monasticism in the East Slavic Lands (2014)
Journal Article
Sharipova, L. (2014). Spare Ribs? Early Modern Female Monasticism in the East Slavic Lands. History Compass, 12(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12123

In contrast to the robust state of research on female Catholic monasticism in Central and Western Europe, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, the history of Orthodox and Greek Catholic convents in the Balkans and Eastern Europe remains a largely unchart... Read More about Spare Ribs? Early Modern Female Monasticism in the East Slavic Lands.

The United Kingdom and the negotiation of the 1969 New York Convention on Special Missions (2014)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2014). The United Kingdom and the negotiation of the 1969 New York Convention on Special Missions. International History Review, 36(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.820777

During 1968-69, members of the United Nations, meeting in the Legal Committee of the General Assembly, negotiated a Convention on Special Missions, sometimes known as the New York Convention, setting out the privileges and immunities of ad hoc embass... Read More about The United Kingdom and the negotiation of the 1969 New York Convention on Special Missions.

‘States not Governments’: Reforming Britain’s Practice on Diplomatic Recognition, 1973-1980 (2014)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2014). ‘States not Governments’: Reforming Britain’s Practice on Diplomatic Recognition, 1973-1980. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-12341268

The subject of recognition is basic to the way in which relations are conducted between states: they cannot easily communicate if they do not recognize one another’s existence. The question is also a difficult one in international law because, in pra... Read More about ‘States not Governments’: Reforming Britain’s Practice on Diplomatic Recognition, 1973-1980.

Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405 (2014)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2014). Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405. English Historical Review, 129(538), https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceu117

In the second half of the fourteenth century, petitioners hoping to secure royal grace began addressing the king in an increasingly obsequious and ostentatious manner. A strong historiographical tradition is now established which regards this develop... Read More about Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405.

The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69 (2013)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2013). The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69. In J. W. Young, E. G. Pedaliu, & M. D. Kandiah (Eds.), Britain in Global Politics Volume 2 (139-158). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313584_8

One of Saki Dockrill’s most significant publications was her monograph, Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez.1 In this, the first archival study of the subject, she set Britain’s reassessment of its defence priorities in a broad context, looking not o... Read More about The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69.