Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 21
Sixth Series

A collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians.

Ian W. Archer (Edited by)

9781107019317, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 January 2012

272 pages
22.4 x 14.5 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume twenty-one of the sixth series includes the following articles: 'French crossings II: laughing over boundaries', 'Thinking with Byzantium', 'Why were some tenth-century English kings presented as rulers of Britain?', 'The Reformation of the generations: youth, age and religious change in England, c.1500–1700', 'Markets and cultures: medical specifics and reconfiguration of the body in early modern Europe', 'Troubling memories: nineteenth-century histories of the slave trade and slavery', 'The meaning of 'life': biology and biography in the work of J. S. Haldane (1860–1936)' and 'The demise of the asylum in late twentieth-century Britain: a personal history'. The volume also carries the Report of Council from 2010–11.

1. Presidential address: French crossings II: laughing over boundaries Colin Jones
2. Thinking with Byzantium Averil Cameron
3. Why were some tenth-century English kings presented as rulers of Britain? (The Alexander Prize essay) George Molyneaux
4. The Reformation of the generations: youth, age and religious change in England, c.1500–1700 Alexandra Walsham
5. Markets and cultures: medical specifics and the reconfiguration of the body in early modern Europe Harold J. Cook
6. Troubling memories: nineteenth-century histories of the slave trade and slavery Catherine Hall
7. The meanings of 'life': biology and biography in the work of J. S. Haldane (1860–1936) Steve Sturdy
8. The demise of the asylum in late twentieth-century Britain: a personal history Barbara Taylor
9. Report of Council for 2010–11.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1], European history [HBJD], History [HB]