First published in January 1886, The English Historical Review (EHR) is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. It deals not only with British history, but also with almost all aspects of European and world history since the classical era: it covers the history of the Americas, including the foreign policy of the USA and her role in the wider world, but excludes the internal history of the USA since Independence, for which other scholarly outlets are plentiful. The EHR includes major Articles, ‘Notes and Documents’, and Debates on medieval and modern themes, as well as an unusually extensive range of Reviews and Shorter Notices of books published throughout the world. A summary of international periodical literature published in the previous twelve months is also provided.
Articles
History, Prophecy and the Apocalypse in the Chronicles of Matthew Paris Björn Weiler
Lottery Adventuring in Britain, c.1710–1760 Bob Harris
Count Karl von Zinzendorf on Joseph II’s New Taxation P G M Dickson
‘An Overpowering “Itch for Writing”’: R.K. Philp, John Denman and the Culture of Self-Improvement Malcolm Chase
Book Reviews
What is Global History?, by Sebastian Conrad The Prospect of Global History, ed. James Belich, John Darwin, Margaret Frenz and Chris Wickham David Abulafia
The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. XVIII: Benson, Ewelme and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred), ed. simon Townley J R Maddicott
Latin in Medieval Britain, ed. Richard Ashdowne and Carolinne White Ralph Hanna
Colour: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts, ed. Stella Panayotova Beth Williamson
Ernst Walter Zeeden (1916–2011) als Historiker der Reformation, Konfessionsbildung und ‘deutschen Kultur’: Relektüren eines geschichtswissenschaftlichen Vordenkers, ed. Markus Gerstmeier and Anton Schindling Joachim Whaley
911–2011: Penser les mondes normands médiévaux, ed. D. Bates and P. Bauduin Judith A Green
Early Medieval Kent, 800–1220, ed. Sheila Sweetinburgh Oliver Creighton
Henry the Liberal: Count of Champagne, 1127–1181, by Theodore Evergates Simon John
Cathars in Question, ed. Antonio Sennis Andrew P Roach
Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran, by Michael Hope George Lane
Elementary and Grammar Education in Late Medieval France: Lyon, 1285–1530, by Sarah B. Lynch Nicholas Orme
The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century, by Thom Richardson D M Palliser
Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France: The Business of Salvation, by Tyler Lange R N Swanson
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy, by Joel Mokyr Paul Slack
Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450–1650, by Carlos M.N. Eire John Edwards
Frontiers, States and Identity in Early Modern Ireland and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Steven G. Ellis, ed. Christopher Maginn and Gerald Power Raymond Gillespie
Apocalypticism in Early Reformation Hungary (1526–1566), by Sándor Őze Graeme Murdock
“‘Ungainefull Arte’: Poetry, Patronage, and Print in the Early Modern Era, by Richard A. McCabe Mary Ellen Lamb
The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland: Manuscript Production and Transmission, 1560–1625, by Sebastiaan Verweij Anna Groundwater
The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I’s Court Theatre, by W.R. Streitberger Cyndia Susan Clegg
The Roots of Nationalism: National Identity Formation in Early Modern Europe, 1600–1815, ed. Lotte Jensen Jasper van der Steen
Marriage in Europe, 1400–1800, ed. Silvana Seidel Menchi with Emlyn Eisenach Martin Ingram
For the Sake of Learning: Essays in Honor of Anthony Grafton, ed. Ann Blair and Anja-Silvia Goeing Jan Machielsen
Italy, 1636: Cemetery of Armies, by Gregory Hanlon David Parrott
Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England and Ireland: Essays in Honour of John Walter, ed. Michael J. Braddick and Phil Withington Tom Webster
Ruling Women. Vol. 1: Government, Virtue, and the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century France; vol. 2, Configuring the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century French Drama, by Derval Conroy Sharon L Jansen
Gun Culture in Early Modern England, by Lois G. Schwoerer Catherine Fletcher
The Stuart Restoration and the English in Ireland, by Danielle McCormack Ian W S Campbell
Speech, Print and Decorum in Britain, 1600–1750, by Elspeth Jajdelska S Tolley
A Companion to the Huguenots, ed. Raymond A. Mentzer and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke Eric Nelson
The Path to Sustained Growth: England’s Transition from an Organic Economy to an Industrial Revolution, by E.A. Wrigley David Meredith
Indigenous Elites and Creole Identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500–1800, by Peter B. Villella Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
Bayle, Jurieu and the Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, by Mara van der Lugt Richard Whatmore
The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600–1850, by Sara Pennell Lucy Dow
The Architectural, Landscape and Constitutional Plans of the Earl of Mar (1700–32), by Margaret Stewart Peter Davidson
The Print before Photography: An Introduction to European Printmaking 1550–1820, by Antony Griffiths Michael Hunter
Military Entrepreneurs and the Spanish Contractor State in the Eighteenth Century, by Rafael Torres Sánchez H V Bowen
The Alchemy of Empire: Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism, by Rajani Sudan Sabine Clarke
Catholicism, Identity and Politics in the Age of Enlightenment: The Life and Career of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 1745–1810, by Alexander Lock G M Ditchfield
The French Revolution in Global Perspective, ed. Suzanne Desan, Lynn Hunt and William Max Nelson Simon Burrows
Chivalry and the Medieval Past, ed. Katie Stevenson and Barbara Gribling Jurriaan M van Santvoort
Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France, 1793–1815, ed. Helen Watt with Anne Hawkins Roger Knight
Proslavery Britain: Fighting for Slavery in an Era of Abolition, by Paula E. Dumas Richard Huzzey
Trade and Empire in Early Nineteenth-Century Southeast Asia: Gillian Maclaine and his Business Network, by G. Roger Knight Chris Nierstrasz
L’Urne et le fusil: La Garde nationale parisienne de 1830 à 1848, by Mathilde Larrère Christopher Guyver
The Drowned Muse: Casting the Unknown Woman of the Seine Across the Tides of Modernity, by Anne-Gaëlle Saliot Robert D Priest
Purging the Empire: Mass Expulsion in Germany, 1871–1914, by Matthew P. Fitzpatrick Michael B Gross
Asiaten in Europa: Begegnungen zwischen Asiaten und Europäern, 1880–1914, by Andreas Weiss William Mulligan
Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile, 1798–1998, by David Brundage J J Lee
Kitchener, Hero and Anti-Hero, by C. Brad Faught Berny Sèbe
Lawrence of Arabia’s War: The Arabs, The British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WW1, by Neil Faulkner J Fisher
Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist, by Laura Beers Ross McKibbin
Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of Soviet Empire, by Erik R. Scott George Gilbert
Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, by James Q. Whitman Robert Cook
Kyiv as Regime City: The Return of Soviet Power after Nazi Occupation, by Martin J. Blackwell Mayhill C Fowler
Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania, by Blendi Fevziu; ed. Robert Elsie, tr. Majlinda Nishku Catherine Baker
A History of UNESCO: Global Actions and Impact, ed. Poul Duedahl Heidi J S Tworek
Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid in the Twentieth Century, ed. Johannes Paulmann The Emergence of Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas and Practice from the Nineteenth Century to the Present, ed. Fabian Klose Rebecca Gill
Living Soviet in Ukraine from Stalin to Maidan: Under the Falling Red Star in Kharkiv, by Michael T. Westrate Martin J Blackwell
Abortion under Apartheid: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Women’s Reproductive Rights in South Africa, by Susanne M. Klausen Helen Dampier
Transcending the Cold War: Summits, Statecraft, and the Dissolution of Bipolarity in Europe, 1970–1990, ed. Kristina Spohr and David Reynolds S Snyder
The US, the EC and World Trade: From the Kennedy Round to the Start of the Uruguay Round, by Giuseppe La Barca Martin Daunton
Helmut Kohl’s Quest for Normality: His Representation of the German Nation and Himself, by Christian Wicke Aribert Reimann
Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe, ed. Uilleam Blacker, Alexander Etkind and Julie Fedor Robert Pyrah