Historical Research Using British Newspapers

Denise Bates • £12.99
Pen & Sword

Thanks to digitisation, newspapers from the 17th to the 21st century have become an indispensable and accessible source for researchers. Through their pages, historians with a passion for a person or a place or a time or a topic can rediscover forgotten details and gain new insights into the society and values of bygone ages. This book provides plenty of practical advice for anyone intending to use old newspapers by: outlining the strengths of newspapers as source material; revealing the drawbacks of newspapers as sources and giving ways to guard against them; tracing the development of the British newspaper industry; showing the type of information that can be found in newspapers and how it can be used; identifying the best newspapers to start with when researching a particular topic; suggesting methods to locate the most relevant articles available; demonstrating techniques for collating, analysing and interpreting information; and showing how to place newspaper reports in their wider context.

In addition nine case studies are included, showing how researchers have already made productive use of newspapers to gain insights that were not available from elsewhere.

Insurrection

Susan Loughlin • £20
The History Press

Autumn 1536. Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are dead. Henry VIII has married Jane Seymour, and still awaits his longed for male heir. Disaffected conservatives in England see an opportunity for a return to Rome and an end to religious experimentation, but Thomas Cromwell has other ideas. The Dissolution of the Monasteries has begun and the publication of the Lutheran influenced Ten Articles of the Anglican Church has followed. The obstinate monarch, enticed by monastic wealth, is determined not to change course. Fear and resentment is unleashed in northern England in the largest spontaneous uprising against a Tudor monarch – the Pilgrimage of Grace – in which 30,000 men take up arms against the king.

This book examines the evidence for that opposition and the abundant examples of religiously motivated dissent. It also highlights the rhetoric, reward and retribution used by the Crown to enforce its policy and crush the opposition.

The British Almshouse

NAME • £12
 FACHRS

This book presents important new findings about the contribution made to the support of the elderly by British almshouses. It will be of interest to local historians, academics and the general public. It is unique in including chapters on almshouses in Scotland and Wales as well as representatives of those in England: London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Warwickshire. Thematic chapters describe almshouse benefits, buildings, clothing, community, gardens, possessions, rules, scandals and status. One chapter compares the support provided by workhouses and almshouses in the 19th century.

Photographic Memories

£13.99
Francis Frith

The Photographic Memories series by historic postcard publisher Francis Frith features more than 300 place-based collections of old photographs, bound for posterity in hardback format. Each book typically features more than 100 old photos of British towns, cities and villages, accompanied by detailed captions. Visual aids captured by Frith alongside facts, figures and insights provided by local historians and sources help to bring the history to life. The entire series is now available from the largest original newspaper supplier, Historic Newspapers; each book is printed on demand, so you can order them with a message printed inside, making them an ideal gift.