Nov 10, 2021
Michael Townsend from the IHR’s Wohl Library highlights some of the titles included in a kind gift from the library of Prof Derek Keene. Earlier in the year both the Institute and the wider academic community were saddened to learn of the passing of Prof Derek...
Jul 23, 2021
This post was written by Alex Kither, graduate trainee library assistant at the IHR library from September 2020 to July 2021. On July 8, 2021, we celebrated the centenary of the Institute of Historical Research. The date marked one hundred years of lectures, seminars,...
Dec 17, 2020
By Philip Carter and Vanessa Rockel In this post we review a year of History books as featured in the IHR’s Reviews in History. Reviews is a free weekly service providing extended commentaries and responses on notable titles published in 2019-20....
Jul 18, 2020
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last 6-12 months. Many reviews also include responses from the book’s author. Reviews in...
Jul 25, 2012
History of Libraries6 December 2011Mark Purcell (National Trust)The Invisible Library; Books, Book Rooms and Inventories at a Northamptonshire Manor HouseAbstract: First founded as an Augustinian Priory in the twelfth century, Canons Ashby was for over 400 years the...
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