Munro on Hugh Trevor-Roper
For Munro's assessment of Trevor-Roper's life and career follow the link here .
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David Underdown's review of Clive Holmes's first book on the Eastern Association
Looking through some old files a few days ago I came across the late David Underdown's review of Clive Holmes's Book, The Eastern Association in the English Civil War , in the Journal of Modern History (Volume 48 (1976), Pp.324-326). It was generally complimentary about Clive Holmes's scholarship in analysing the economic and social as well as the political fabric of the six counties that formed the Association after the start of the English Civil War. Holmes had brought out the differences between them very effectively. But there was one striking feature in his review: Underdown recognised the influence of the 2nd Earl of Warwick in the county of Essex but thought the Earl and his gentry allies had reinforced rather than created the widespread sympathy for the Long Parliament's cause. There was a danger that support for Parliament at lower levels of society might not be fully appreciated and that the civil war might be seen as a sort of aristocratic fronde in which P...
Notices from the IHR's convenors of the 17th-century history seminar
30th September: Convenor Dr Joan Redmond will be celebrating the publication of her monograph Religion, Rebellion and Violence in Ireland, c1603-1649 . There will be a book launch and drinks reception at KCL on Wednesday 30th September from 6pm. Full details and the registration link can be found here . - 6th October: Remembering Tom Freeman. Tom Freeman, among his many other roles, was a convenor of the IHR’s Religious History of Britain seminar. They are organising a half-day hybrid conference in his memory on Tuesday 6th October 1pm-6pm in the Weston Room (Rolls Chapel), Maughan Library, KCL. To register in-person or online attendance please email K.C.Fincham@kent.ac.uk . - 10th October: The Cromwell Association's annual Study Day will take place on Saturday 10th October at the Old Palace in Worcester and will be on the theme of 'Ending the Civil Wars' to mark ...
Translating Political Ideas
The History Woman's blog has an interesting account of a recent conference relevant to the early modern period. It can be read here .
Steve Hindle's inaugural lecture at the University of Washington (St Louis, Missouri) in 2022
A recording of this lecture can be found on Youtube. It is well worth watching (but no link can be provided here).