http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ Recent journal entries for the digital library of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. (c) 2003-2013, University of London and History of Parliament Trust. All rights reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:02:18 +0100 eng http://www.british-history.ac.uk/images/header_img_01.jpg http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=02&year=2012&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-233 An edition of the court roll for 1320 is now live. Edited by Dr Matthew F. Stevens, it gives a complete edition and index of London's only surviving such roll for the medieval period, for July-Sept 1320. It was produced as part of the Centre for Metropolitan History ESRC-funded 'London women and the economy before and after the black death' project (2009-10). Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=233 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=09&year=2011&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-232 We would like to ask your help, as a user of British History Online, to find ways in which we can improve the website and our prototype collaborative editing platform, ReScript. If you could spare a few moments to take two online tests, we would be very grateful. They are part of a programme of tests designed to tell us if the changes we've made to the sites will be an improvement. Not only will your participation help us to improve our own sites, but the results will also contribute to the development of a national policy for digital resource usability in Higher Education by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), so your input will be extremely valuable both to us and more widely. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=232 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=09&year=2011&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-231 The first set of enhancements designed to improve usability on British History Online specifically produced as part of the JISC 01/11B funding are now live. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=231 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=08&year=2011&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-230 We would like to ask your help, as a registered user on British History Online, to find ways in which we can improve the website. If you could spare a few moments to take an online test about how well the current British History Online website works, we would be very grateful. The survey is part of wider research that we are doing into reducing the impact of 'information overload' on the usefulness of the website to historical research and teaching. This will enable us to show better value for money to all our funding sources by leading to greater and more informed use of the site as a whole, strengthening its case for sustainability. Additionally, the results will contribute to a national policy for digital resource usability in Higher Education by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), which supports information technology in Higher Education, so your input will be extremely valuable to us and more widely. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=230 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=05&year=2011&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-229 This series of 17 volumes is now complete. Detailing individual buildings of particular note, including the church of St Bride Fleet Street and the County Hall, it complements the parish volumes of the Survey, also available on BHO. Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=229 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=03&year=2011&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-228 Two major new sources for London history are now live. The hearth tax returns for the cities of London and Westminster and the county of Middlesex are now available for the 1662-66, containing over 60,000 names. Also recently released is an edition of the records of the Court of Common Pleas (CP40) for the fifteenth century. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=228 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=03&year=2011&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-227 Two new screencasts (video tutorials) are available on the site. They are very brief and are designed to help people get the most out of their use of British History Online. One screencast explains how to use the advanced search function, and the other shows what can be done on the browse page. We plan to add more screencasts in the coming months, introducing some key content of the site. Please let us know what you think of the screencasts on the 'contact us' page. Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=227 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=12&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-226 Four more volumes of the Victoria County History of Somerset are now live. These volumes, numbers 1, 4, 5 and 9, cover the natural history and early history of the county, the Crewkerne and South Petherton hundreds, the Hundred of Williton and Freemanors, and Glastonbury and Street respectively. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=226 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=08&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-224 Volumes 31 and 32 are now live. Produced with the kind support of the Society, these two volumes continue to extend BHO's holdings of these key London sources. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=224 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=08&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-223 The first two volumes of the Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714, are now online. The Alumni Oxonienses lists all known members of the University of Oxford, along with biographical details where known, and the relationships between members (such as fathers and sons and siblings). There are entries for the famous, such as John Donne or Lancelot Andrewes, but the great value of this source is its coverage of many obscure lives. The section covering the alphabetical range Abannan to Kyte is now online, and we plan to add the rest of the series in due course. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=223 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=04&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-222 Five more volumes of the Journal of the House of Lords have been added to British History Online. These cover the years 1776 to 1793, and thus a time of revolutions in France and North America. Several volumes also detail the protracted trial in the Lords of Warren Hastings, former governor-general of Bengal. Edmund Burke was one of the prosecutors and described Hastings as "the captain-general of iniquity"; neverthleless Hastings was eventually acquitted. In volume 38 there is some interesting detail of the state of George III's health: for example on 4 December 1788 the house heard a report of the Privy Council's examination of the king's doctors. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=222 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=04&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-221 Thoroton's history, as amplified by Throsby, is now live. First appearing in 1677, and re-published by Throsby in three volumes a century later, it has been described as the first and greatest county history of Nottinghamshire. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=221 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=02&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-220 A new feature has recently been added to the historical maps on British History Online. This allows users to compare the historic map with a modern Ordnance Survey map on the same screen. This function is available for both the 1:10560 and the 1:1,250 maps. Simply click on the "Show modern OS" button to see the modern map, and the same button will hide it again. The modern map can be dragged with the mouse to scroll. It is already possible to view the historical map as a modern satellite image in a separate window. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=220 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=01&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-219 With the launch of volume 11, Blomefield's history is now complete. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=219 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=01&year=2010&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-218 Volumes eight and nine of Rymer's Foedera have now been published. This printed collection of treaties was published in the early eighteenth century; in the nineteenth century the Record Office produced a syllabus, or English summary, of its contents. To make the Foedera more useful and searchable we have combined the two texts in a tabular format, with the Syllabus entry on the left and the full text of the Foedera on the right. There are 18 more volumes of the Foedera, which will be published in the coming year. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=218 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=12&year=2009&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-217 The Calendar of Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland is now complete. These 14 volumes cover the period 1198 to 1492, and thus the papacy of Innocent III through to that of Innocent VIII. These volumes provide a detailed insight into the relations of the papacy with Great Britain and Ireland in the medieval period. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=217 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=12&year=2009&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-216 We have now made our annotation tool easier to use. If a text is available for annotation you can still follow the old procedure, and click on "Comment on this article" at the top of the page. However it is now also possible to double click the text you wish to annotate with the left mouse button. Using this function inserts a hyperlink at the relevant point in the text, so that your annnotation will be more easily spotted by others. We therefore hope this change will improve the experience for readers, who will be alerted to the presence of an annotation for the piece of text they are reading. Note that once you have added an annotation you can view it and all of your other annotations in My account > View your annotations. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=216 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=11&year=2009&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-215 The Calendar of Treasury Books is now complete. These calendars detail state income and expenditure from the Restoration up to 1718, in 32 volumes. This series complements two others on BHO: the Calendar of Treasury Papers and the Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=215 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=10&year=2009&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-214 The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England are now available on British History Online, as part of the premium content section of the site. In this publication historians describe every parliament held between 1275 and 1504, that is those for the reigns of monarchs from Edward I to Henry VII. Where the rolls for the parliament survive, as happens for nearly all of the later parliaments, these are transcribed in full. Alongside this is presented a modern English translation of the original Latin, Anglo-Norman, or Middle English. A tabular format makes for easy comparison between the parallel texts. An appendix for each parliament details what is otherwise known of the business conducted there. Subscribers should be assured that this important enhancement to our premium content is added at no extra cost. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=214 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?month=08&year=2009&task=2&partner=rss4#thread-213 10 more volumes of the Journal of the House of Lords are now live. These new volumes cover the period 1718 to 1764, and thus the end of the reign of George I, the whole of that of George II, and the very beginning of the reign of George III. Four more volumes will be added to the site in the coming months. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.aspx?thread=213