Modelling regional imbalances in English plebeian migration
by Adam Crymble (University of Hertfordshire) We often hear complaints of migrant groups negatively influencing British life. Grievances against them are many: migrants bring with them their...
View ArticleEHS 2018 special: Foreign sailors in Nelson’s Navy: a forgotten story
by Sara Caputo (University of Cambridge) Few aspects of British history have attracted more patriotic enthusiasm than the nation’s naval exploits at the time of Nelson and Trafalgar. A less-known...
View ArticleMedieval origins of Spain’s economic geography
The frontier of medieval warfare between Christian and Muslim armies in southern Spain provides a surprisingly powerful explanation of current low-density settlement patterns in those regions. This is...
View ArticleTHE FINANCIAL POWER OF THE POWERLESS: Evidence from Ottoman Istanbul on...
In Ottoman Istanbul, privileged groups such as men, Muslims and other elites paid more for credit than the under-privileged – the exact opposite of what happens in a modern economy. New research by...
View ArticleBAD LOCATIONS: Many French towns have been trapped in obsolete places for...
Only three of the 20 largest cities in Britain are located near the site of Roman towns, compared with 16 in France. That is one of the findings of research by Guy Michaels (London School of Economics)...
View ArticleSurprisingly gentle confinement
Tim Leunig (LSE), Jelle van Lottum (Huygens Institute) and Bo Poulsen (Aarlborg University) have been investigating the treatment of prisoners of war in the Napoleonic Wars. For most of history, life...
View ArticleRevisiting the changing body
by Bernard Harris (University of Strathclyde) The Society has arranged with CUP that a 20% discount is available on this book, valid until the 11th November 2018. The discount page is:...
View ArticleWheels of change: skill-biased factor endowments and industrialisation in...
by Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University), Assaf Sarid (Haifa University), Karine van der Beek (Ben-Gurion University) The main manifestation of an industrial revolution taking place in Britain in the...
View ArticleHow well off were the occupants of early modern almshouses?
by Angela Nicholls (University of Warwick). Almhouses in Early Modern England is published by Boydell Press. SAVE 25% when you order direct from the publisher – offer ends on the 13th December 2018....
View ArticleWomen’s work and structural change: occupational structure in...
by Carmen Sarasua (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) The full paper was published on The Economic History Review, and is available here This research uses householders’ declarations in the Cadaster...
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