Publisher's Synopsis
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of articles based on papers given to the Society by distinguished invited speakers and winners of RHS prizes. Volume 1 of the Seventh Series includes articles on religion during the Crusades; the Spanish monarchy; historical methodology and practice; celebrity culture; English socio-economic history; geographical thought in Britain; political representation during the period of the English, French and American Revolutions; the British Empire; Augustine's letters; heritage and public monuments; the medieval papacy; sport in colonial India; and academic freedom in Aotearoa New Zealand. The volume also includes reviews of Stuart Ward's Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain, with a reply from the author.
