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The Witch and Her Cow-Sucking Bag: Saving Souls in the Fourteenth Century

The Witch and Her Cow-Sucking Bag: Saving Souls in the Fourteenth Century

The Witch and Her Cow-Sucking Bag: Saving Souls in the Fourteenth Century

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Mar 19 min read

Vintage Royal typewriter with ornate details, round keys, and a black finish. It conveys a nostalgic, classic feel, representing early 20th-century design.

Vintage Royal typewriter with ornate details, round keys, and a black finish. It conveys a nostalgic, classic feel, representing early 20th-century design.

Letter from the Editors

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Mar 14 min read

Photograph of a cemetery featuring a prominent white marble angel statue leaning over a pedestal with the name "HILL" engraved on it. The statue is surrounded by green grass, trees creating dappled lighting, and various other gravestones in the background.

Photograph of a cemetery featuring a prominent white marble angel statue leaning over a pedestal with the name "HILL" engraved on it. The statue is surrounded by green grass, trees creating dappled lighting, and various other gravestones in the background.

Angels and Death: Soul Guides to Judgement Bringers

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Mar 19 min read

Watercolor painting of Whitby Abbey ruins under a pale blue sky. The gothic structure overlooks a coastal landscape, evoking tranquillity and history.

Watercolor painting of Whitby Abbey ruins under a pale blue sky. The gothic structure overlooks a coastal landscape, evoking tranquillity and history.

Nun Too Soon – Recovering Victorian Convent Histories

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Mar 17 min read

Early Medieval Aquitaine and Carolingian Dynastic Drama

Early Medieval Aquitaine and Carolingian Dynastic Drama

Early Medieval Aquitaine and Carolingian Dynastic Drama

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Mar 18 min read

Women at the Altar in the Church of England

Women at the Altar in the Church of England

Women at the Altar in the Church of England

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Dec 1, 20258 min read

A colourful stained glass window depicting a gothic-style church with glowing orange windows and a tall spire. Surrounding the church are abstract patterns in vivid blues, purples, and reds, along with angelic or celestial imagery, including a figure with a starry headdress and wings. Decorative motifs of holly leaves and geometric shapes frame the scene, blending religious and symbolic elements.

A colourful stained glass window depicting a gothic-style church with glowing orange windows and a tall spire. Surrounding the church are abstract patterns in vivid blues, purples, and reds, along with angelic or celestial imagery, including a figure with a starry headdress and wings. Decorative motifs of holly leaves and geometric shapes frame the scene, blending religious and symbolic elements.

Memory Encapsulated in a Building: Lansdowne Church, Alf Webster, and Memorialisation

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Sep 1, 20258 min read

A black and white photograph of a white male with a long beard, and 11 shirtless and barefooted smiling children all holding a long piece of cloth on the earth floor. A building can be seen behind the group.

A black and white photograph of a white male with a long beard, and 11 shirtless and barefooted smiling children all holding a long piece of cloth on the earth floor. A building can be seen behind the group.

Salesian Missions, Indigenous Identity, and Cultural Heritage: Navigating History, Memory, and Reconciliation in the Negro River Region

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Sep 1, 20257 min read

Henry III - Useless or Unfortunate?

Henry III - Useless or Unfortunate?

Henry III - Useless or Unfortunate?

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Sep 1, 20258 min read

Vintage workshop scene with an industrial desk lamp, rusty fan, glass bottles, paint charts, and tools on a wooden workbench, radiating nostalgia.

Vintage workshop scene with an industrial desk lamp, rusty fan, glass bottles, paint charts, and tools on a wooden workbench, radiating nostalgia.

Letter from the Editors

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Sep 1, 20252 min read

A Shared Vision: A Review of The National Gallery’s Exhibition ‘Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome’

A Shared Vision: A Review of The National Gallery’s Exhibition ‘Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome’

A Shared Vision: A Review of The National Gallery’s Exhibition ‘Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome’

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Mar 1, 20255 min read

Letters from Drancy

Letters from Drancy

Letters from Drancy

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Mar 1, 20258 min read

Sacred Water in Early Christian Rome

Sacred Water in Early Christian Rome

Sacred Water in Early Christian Rome

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Dec 1, 20246 min read

The Ranters and the Apocalypse

The Ranters and the Apocalypse

The Ranters and the Apocalypse

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Sep 1, 20248 min read

A Northern Perspective on the Anglo-Scottish Wars, 1295-1346

A Northern Perspective on the Anglo-Scottish Wars, 1295-1346

A Northern Perspective on the Anglo-Scottish Wars, 1295-1346

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Sep 1, 20249 min read

Banff and the Construction of a Christian Wilderness

Banff and the Construction of a Christian Wilderness

Banff and the Construction of a Christian Wilderness

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Jun 1, 20249 min read

Eating Your Enemies in the Middle Ages and Today

Eating Your Enemies in the Middle Ages and Today

Eating Your Enemies in the Middle Ages and Today

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Jun 1, 20247 min read

To the Tower: The Tragic Fates of Jane and Katherine Grey

To the Tower: The Tragic Fates of Jane and Katherine Grey

To the Tower: The Tragic Fates of Jane and Katherine Grey

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Jun 1, 20248 min read

Dune and the History of the Future

Dune and the History of the Future

Dune and the History of the Future

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Jun 1, 20244 min read

Red Scares in the Irish Free State

Red Scares in the Irish Free State

Red Scares in the Irish Free State

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Mar 1, 20249 min read

Colonial Mexican Women in Bigamy Cases: A New Way to Examine Women in Past Societies

Colonial Mexican Women in Bigamy Cases: A New Way to Examine Women in Past Societies

Colonial Mexican Women in Bigamy Cases: A New Way to Examine Women in Past Societies

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Mar 1, 20246 min read

Christmas Picks

Christmas Picks

Christmas Picks

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Dec 1, 20236 min read

Shangri-La: A Case of Myth-taken Identity

Shangri-La: A Case of Myth-taken Identity

Shangri-La: A Case of Myth-taken Identity

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Dec 1, 202310 min read

Medieval and Early Modern Reception in 'Good Omens'

Medieval and Early Modern Reception in 'Good Omens'

Medieval and Early Modern Reception in 'Good Omens'

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Dec 1, 20238 min read

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