The essays in this collection examine women in diverse roles; mother, socialite, prostitute, cele...

The dissolution of the monasteries in England during the 1530s began a turbulent period of religi...

Situates changes in the nature of money and the rise of sophisticated financial structures at the...

Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and...

Lucas Malet is one of a number of forgotten female writers whose work bridges the gap between Geo...

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded...

Whilst an important and under-researched example of women's writing, scholars of Romanticism and ...

Victorian England, as is well known, produced an enormous amount of scientific endeavour, but wha...

The changing relationship between the church and its supporters is key to understanding changing ...

Covering the period from the foundation of the Asiatick Society in 1784 to the establishment of t...

The nineteenth century saw the expansion of Western influence across the globe. A consular presen...