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WW1 Postcards
WW1 Postcards a rich resource and a visual opportunity, find out how to discover and use the 20K plus postcards on Europeana for the period 1914-1918 and muse over how you might dig-out what ephemera you might have in your loft or research boxes that might help you and others connect and make that next step n researching your project wehther for your family history social, local or special interest project. In the first year of the 100th centenary of WW1 will there ever be such an opportunity to explore and discover what happened and better understand those momentous events?
Read MoreThe Workhouse System Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
The Workhouse System was a radical solution to a problem of immense scale in mid C19th Britain. Tory landowners and Whig economists for once voted together, anxious in the face of increasing revolt and disturbances to preserve their respective positions.
Read MoreBury The Dead. Christian Burials
Christian burial traditions tell us a lot about the communities in which they are acted out. These customs affected your ancestors final resting place. For example, were they buried to the north of the church and if they were what does that tell you about their lives?
Read MoreRoman Map Intriguing Tabula Peutingeriana
The Tabula Peutingeriana is an intriguing ancient map, looking not unlike an underground map and serving a similar purpose but for the whole of the Roman Empire.
Read MoreMedieval Woman Eleanor of Aquitaine Part 1
Eleanor of Aquitaine was the most powerful and rich women in northern Europe in the early Medieval period but what were her motivations that turned her from king to king and that made her reject one son in favour of another?
Read MoreMrs Dorothy Stanley, Art and Africa
What is the connection between London ragamuffin children and Dr Livingstone in Africa? A very talented Victorian neoclassical artist Dorothy Tennant.
Read MoreArchimedes Codex Book C An intriguing Artefact Rediscovered Palimpsest Project Video
Fabulous example of how to do it all better. An ancient text rediscovered, new human knowledge revealed and all the data and joy from the discovery share and open with a Creative Commons Licence across the internet. Short 14 mins 50 secs video the future of digital research humanities and a sprinkling of the application of some pretty amazing science as well.
Read MoreOnline Collection at Folger Shakespeare Library
The world’s largest Shakespeare collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library New York
Read MoreBrilliant Map Warper at New York Public Library
Map warping, layering historical and modern maps, open access at New York Public Library
Read MoreAn intriguing afternoon with Lady Carnarvon about The Real Downton Abbey Highclere Castle
Highclere history highlights some intriguing connections after an enjoyable afternoon with Lady Carnarvon. Did the price of grain lead to a significant increase in Anglo-American Marriages amongst the British Aristocracy? Were the aristocratic marriages significant in the development of our society and what impact did they have subsequently through two world wars on the Special Relationship between two Nation-States. Amazing what you can learn from an intriguing lunch-time talk…
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