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
The Attempt on the Seven Londoners Jordan Downs
Anglo-French Sieges, the Laws of War, and the Limits of Enmity in the Peninsular War, 1808–1814 Gavin Daly
Making a ‘New Conservatism’: The Tory Reform Committee and Design for Freedom, 1942–1949 border= Gary Love
+Book Reviews*
In Enigmate: The History of a Riddle, 400–1500, by Erin Sebo Megan Cavell
Death and the Afterlife in Byzantium: The Fate of the Soul in Theology, Liturgy, and Art, by Vasileios Marinis Mary B Cunningham
Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History, ed. Matthew S. Gordon and Kathryn A. Hain William G Clarence-Smith
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages, by François-Xavier Fauvelle Stephanie Wynne-Jones
Traversing the Inner Seas: Contacts and Continuity in and around Scotland, the Hebrides, and the North of Ireland, ed. Christian Cooijmans Adrian Maldonado
Her Father’s Daughter: Gender, Power, and Religion in the Early Spanish Kingdoms, by Lucy K. Pick Anthony John Lappin
The Letter Collections of Nicholas of Clairvaux, ed. and tr. Lena Wahlgren-Smith Julian Haseldine
Lying and Perjury in Medieval Practical Thought: A Study in the History of Casuistry, by Emily Corran Kantik Ghosh
La guerre en Normandie (XIe–XVe siècle), ed. Anne Curry and Véronique Gazeau Mollie Madden
Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast, by Sebastian R. Prange Ranabir Chakravarti
The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution, by Nick Holder Katharine Sykes
Virgin Whore, by Emma Maggie Solberg Alice Raw
Caring for the Living Soul: Emotions, Medicine and Penance in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, by Naama Cohen-Hanegbi Merridee L Bailey
The Black Prince and the Grande Chevauchée of 1355, by Mollie M. Madden Peter Hoskins
Proctors for Parliament: Clergy, Community and Politics, c.1248–1539 (The National Archives, Series SC 10). Volume I: c.1248–1377; Volume II: 1377–1539, ed. Phil Bradford and Alison K. McHardy Rosemary Horrox
The Material Text in Wycliffite Biblical Scholarship: Inscription and Sacred Truth, by David Lavinsky Daniel Sawyer
Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire: Upper Germany, 1346–1521, by Duncan Hardy Ben Pope
L’amministrazione del regno di Sicilia: Cancelleria, apparati finanziari e strumenti di governo nel tardo Medioevo, by Alessandro Silvestri Fabrizio Titone
Violence in Islamic Thought from the Mongols to European Imperialism, ed. Robert Gleave and István T. Kristó-Nagy Katherine E Brown
The Fox and the Bees: The Early Library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, by R.M. Thomson H R Woudhuysen
The Venetian Discovery of America: Geographic Imagination and Print Culture in the Age of Encounters, by Elizabeth Horodowich Sandra Toffolo
Contested Reformations in the University of Cambridge, 1535–1584, by Ceri Law Richard Kirwan
Johann Casimir von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (1589–1652): Standeswahrung und Fremdheitserfahrung im Schweden Gustavs II. Adolf und Christinas, by Andreas Kappelmayer Kathrin Zickermann
Cameralism in Practice: State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe, ed. Marten Seppel and Keith Tribe Karin Friedrich
Science in an Enchanted World: Philosophy and Witchcraft in the Work of Joseph Glanvill, by Julie Davies Michael Hunter
Taming Capitalism before its Triumph: Public Service, Distrust, and ‘Projecting’ in Early Modern England, by Koji Yamamoto Amy M Froide
The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment, by Alexander Bevilacqua Jonathan Sheehan
Book Collecting in Ireland and Britain, 1650–1850, ed. Elizabethanne Boran Marjorie Swann
The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire, by Ronald C. Po Anne Gerritsen
Ghosts in Enlightenment Scotland, by Martha McGill Rebecca J Emmett
Violence and Honor in Prerevolutionary Périgord, by Steven G. Reinhardt Mary K Gayne
Jefferson and the Virginians: Democracy, Constitutions, and Empire, by Peter S. Onuf Max M Edling
Dramatic Justice: Trial by Theater in the Age of the French Revolution, by Yann Robert David Andress
Spying for Wellington: British Military Intelligence in the Peninsular War, by Huw J. Davies This Dark Business: The Secret War against Napoleon, by Tim Clayton Killing Napoleon: The Plot to Blow Up Bonaparte, by Jonathan North Charles J Esdaile
Men on Trial: Performing Emotion, Embodiment and Identity in Ireland, 1800–45, by Katie Barclay Philip Carter
Distributing Status: The Evolution of State Honours in Western Europe, by Samuel Clark Ian Cawood
A New History of the Irish in Australia, by Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall Loughlin Sweeney
Anglicanism, Methodism and Ecumenism: A History of the Queen’s and Handsworth Colleges, by Andrew Chandler Martin Wellings
Silent History: Body Language and Nonverbal Identity, 1860–1914, by Peter K. Andersson Elizabeth Edwards
Public vs. Private: The Early History of School Choice in America, by Robert N. Gross Emily Lieb
Composing History: National Identities and the English Masque Revival, 1860–1920, by Deborah Heckert Paul Readman
Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid, by Heather D. Curtis Sarah B Snyder
Beyond Inclusion and Exclusion: Jewish Experiences of the First World War in Central Europe, ed. Jason Crouthamel, Michael Geheran, Tim Grady and Julia Barbara Köhne Kathryn E Densford
English Landed Society in the Great War: Defending the Realm, by Edward Bujak Keith Grieves
British Children’s Literature and the First World War: Representations since 1914, by David Budgen Emma Butcher
Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies, by Hans Pols Kevin E Ko
Paris and the Cliché of History: The City and Photographs, 1860–1970, by Catherine E. Clark Kathrin Yacavone
Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War, by Alison S. Fell Bridget Keown
Nazism Across Borders: The Social Policies of the Third Reich and Their Global Appeal, ed. Sandrine Kott Dina Gusejnova
Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics, by Graeme Gill Tomas Sniegon
Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator, by Enrique Moradiellos Tim Rees
Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, by R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman John C Mitcham
The Rinderpest Campaigns: A Virus, Its Vaccines, and Global Development in the Twentieth Century, by Amanda Kay McVety Thomas Rath
Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History, by Brian Stanley Grace Davie
Religion im Parlament: Homosexualität als Gegenstand parlamentarischer Debatten im Vereinigten Königreich und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1945–1990), by Katharina Ebner Craig Griffiths
Legal Lessons: Popularizing Laws in the People’s Republic of China, 1949–1989, by Jennifer E. Altehenger Aglaia De Angeli