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Lives of the civil war

Lives of the civil war

by Talking Humanities | May 19, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Publications, Research & Resources

Image: Wencelas Hollar image: Earl of Essex, Wikimedia Commons This week sees publication, by the Institute of Historical Research, of the Cromwell Association Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers – an online record of more than 4000 officers who fought for...
Learning the right lessons from the Waterloo bicentenary

Learning the right lessons from the Waterloo bicentenary

by aseifert | Jun 30, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law

The noted Cambridge historian Herbert Butterfield once observed that, ‘history is all things to all men’. This axiom encapsulates perfectly the attitude of European governments towards the Waterloo bicentenary this month says Dr Jasper Heinzen. The official...

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