2019 marks the centenary of the publication of Johan Huizinga’s Autumn of the Middle Ages. Across the century since its publication, the book has inspired and challenged historians and literature scholars alike. Members of the School of History and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film therefore invite interested readers to participate in a virtual…

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16.06.2022

Hidden Figures: Women in the Archives of the Royal College of Physicians – The Historian

Aiysha Sheth – a student on this year’s History Internship module – investigates the historical presence of women doctors in the Royal College of Physicians records, and discovers the first woman-of-colour fellow and other hidden female physicians. This task however proved to be a challenge. Why did creating a display on the history of women…

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16.06.2022

Sounding Huizinga: The Autumn of the Middle Ages Playlist – The Historian

Musicologist Marianne C.E. Gillion compiled a playlist of late medieval and early modern music to accompany and inform the centenary (re)reading of Johan Huizinga’s The Autumn of the Middle Ages. In this blogpost, she discusses the musical landscape of these periods and asks what Huizinga’s work might have looked like if he incorporated information concerning…

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16.06.2022

The ‘Hammer of Witches’: An Earthquake in the Early Witch Craze – The Historian

The ‘Malleus Maleficarum’ (Hammer of Witches) is a text like no other. Published in the late 15th century, it provided a guide for hunting and persecuting witches that would heavily influence the next 200 years of the European witch craze. It is one of the great landmarks in the history of witchcraft. This post exploring…

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Celebrating the Centenary: Johan Huizinga’s Autumn of the Middle Ages – The Historian

Hidden Figures: Women in the Archives of the Royal College of Physicians – The Historian

Sounding Huizinga: The Autumn of the Middle Ages Playlist – The Historian

The ‘Hammer of Witches’: An Earthquake in the Early Witch Craze – The Historian

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