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Repost – Rembrance Day articles
I don’t propose to rewrite all this post. However, there were a number of links which really are worth a look, and it would be a great shame if they were lost forever from the site. All are from the … Continue reading
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Lost Posts
You may have noticed that the site was down for fours days last week, and that the November posts (including the excellent Remembrance stuff) has now gone. No real harm done – I will repost these in the holidays. Mr … Continue reading
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The Origins of The Second World War – different approaches to the same topic
The Origins of The Second World War is of course one of the great historical debates of modern times. To be honest it is not really a topic that sets me on fire. I have however included this link from the Wall … Continue reading
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Debate over the location of the site of the Battle of Hastings
In recent years there has been considerable historical discussion about the exact location of Bosworth field. It now seems that there is similar uncertainty about the location of the Battle of Hastings. This report from the BBC explains the uncertainty, and … Continue reading
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First fully intact Viking boat burial site uncovered
An excellent BBC news report here on the he UK mainland’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site. It has been uncovered at Ardnamurchan, is thought to be more than 1,000 years old. Artefacts buried alongside the Viking in his boat suggest … Continue reading
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A bit of balance
I was looking at the posts about history in the news that Mr Kydd and I have been posting and noticed that I tend to post about stories in the Guardian newspaper (which marks me out as an old lefty). So, … Continue reading
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The ‘Land Bridge’ theory bites the dust
If you have been at Little Heath School since Year 7, of if you were at another school that taught about Native American societies you might recall being told that the first humans in the Americas traveled as a hunter … Continue reading
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Black death DNA unravelled
In recent years there has been considerable speculation about the Black Death. In particular, some historians have argued that it was not actually Bubonic plague at all. A good introduction to this can be found in the Scott / Duncan book The … Continue reading
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Obituary – Patrick Collinson
There are many things I liked about Patrick Collinson. I always viewed him as a proper historian who was greatly underestimated, not least becasue of his association with Sir John Neale. He did in fact have an original mind, and for … Continue reading
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Update to the University Information page
Would be undergratuate historians should note that the University News section of the site has been updated with an excellent essay from Ryan Kemp entitled “What is the worth of a History degree ?” Well worth a read. Mr Kydd.
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