How far were the enslaved able to destabilise the institution of slavery?
Though owned, strictly speaking, by their masters, the identity of the slave was politically manufactured to the extent that much of his or her existence …
Why were relations between Christians and Jews sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent?
The Norman Conquest of 1066 brought to the British Isles the Jews, a group of alien inhabitants who to begin with went largely unnoticed by …
Is Scottish Jacobitism best understood as a ‘national movement’?
Of all the strains of Jacobitism, that from Scotland could perhaps be termed most akin to a ‘national movement’. It is not immediately obvious why …
Was Unionism merely reactionary?
There are two dimensions to the question of Unionism; the first relates to how far discussion of Union in any shape or form was dominated …
How coherent were Liberal plans for Home Rule?
Herbert Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister, had stated in his early 20th century election address that ‘it [would] be no part of the policy of the …