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Rediscovering Lost Landscapes: Topographical Art in north-west Italy, 1800-1920 (2021)
Book
Piana, P., Watkins, C., & Balzaretti, R. (2021). Rediscovering Lost Landscapes: Topographical Art in north-west Italy, 1800-1920. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer

After the Napoleonic wars many wealthy British women and men settled along the coast in Liguria and travelled in Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta in search of warmth and health. They established English-speaking colonies of retired clerics, colonial offici... Read More about Rediscovering Lost Landscapes: Topographical Art in north-west Italy, 1800-1920.

Urban Life in Lombard Italy: Genoa and Milan Compared (2021)
Book Chapter
Balzaretti, R. (2021). Urban Life in Lombard Italy: Genoa and Milan Compared. In T. J. MacMaster, & N. S. Matheou (Eds.), Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean: Empire, Cities and Elites, 476-1204 (304-323). London and New York: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Milan, Genoa and the Alps: early medieval exchanges across a region (2021)
Journal Article
Balzaretti, R. (2021). Milan, Genoa and the Alps: early medieval exchanges across a region. Studi di storia medioevale e di diplomatica - Nuova Serie, 4, 201-230. https://doi.org/10.54103/2611-318x/15766

In this contribution I consider how Milan and its inhabitants were connected both north and south in the early medieval period. I focus on exchanges understood as giving and receiving, buying and selling, leasing and renting, but also encompassing th... Read More about Milan, Genoa and the Alps: early medieval exchanges across a region.

In The Shadows: Conservative Epistemology and Ideological Value (2021)
Journal Article
Blackburn, D. (2022). In The Shadows: Conservative Epistemology and Ideological Value. Political Studies Review, 20(3), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299211014393

This article intervenes in the debate about the nature of conservatism. Some contributors to this debate have claimed that this ideology can be defined as an adjectival disposition. They claim, that is, that a conservative possesses an attitude towar... Read More about In The Shadows: Conservative Epistemology and Ideological Value.

The Earldom Endowments of 1337: Political Thought and the Practice of Kingship in Late Medieval England (2021)
Journal Article
Raven, M. (2021). The Earldom Endowments of 1337: Political Thought and the Practice of Kingship in Late Medieval England. English Historical Review, 136(580), 498-529. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceab164

This article examines Edward III’s earldom creations of March 1337 and the endowments given to these earls by Edward III in order to support their newly acquired rank. It re-evaluates the form of these grants and the governmental processes they stimu... Read More about The Earldom Endowments of 1337: Political Thought and the Practice of Kingship in Late Medieval England.

Re-reading The Lands of Saint Ambrose (2021)
Journal Article
Balzaretti, R. (2021). Re-reading The Lands of Saint Ambrose. Reti Medievali - Rivista, 22(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/8041

This paper reflects on the observations made by Giuseppe Albertoni, Gianmarco De Angelis, Anna Rapetti and Igor Santos Salazar in their discussion of the book The Lands of Saint Ambrose. Monks and Society in Early Medieval Milan (2019).

Disability as a Problem of Humanity in Scottish Enlightenment Thought (2021)
Journal Article
Gust, O., & Cleall, E. (2022). Disability as a Problem of Humanity in Scottish Enlightenment Thought. Historical Journal, 65(2), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X21000133

This article makes a case that disability, particularly visual, hearing, and speech impairments, played a significant role in Scottish Enlightenment thought. Focusing on the work of Dugald Stewart, and in particular on his essay 'Some account of a bo... Read More about Disability as a Problem of Humanity in Scottish Enlightenment Thought.

Henry Knighton, the Commons and the crisis of governance in the 1380s (2021)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2021). Henry Knighton, the Commons and the crisis of governance in the 1380s. Historical Research, 94(264), 235-266. https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htab005

This discussion provides the first in-depth investigation into the meaning and significance of a quite exceptional petition presented by the parliamentary Commons in the reign of Richard II. The petition survives as a unique copy in the chronicle of... Read More about Henry Knighton, the Commons and the crisis of governance in the 1380s.

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.