Issue 01
September 2020
Letter from the Editors
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Oleksii Rudenko | Glasgow University
Using a fantastic range of primary sources, including art, tapestry and coinage, Rudenko delves into Early Modern Polish Kingship, showing how the Jageillion dynasty secured their royal image in Poland and beyond.
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Halsted considers the diverse inhabitants of the Medieval Polabian swamp (North-Eastern Germany) and how these peoples manipulated geography to define themselves and others in the political landscape of the so-called swamp. #Medieval #Geographies
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On Wednesday 6 September 1939, two Spitfire pilots mistakenly shot down a Hurricane over Barking Creek, London. Black offers a close look at a case long hindered by hidden records and the folklore surrounding the incident.
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