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Recent articles from The English Historical Review

English ministers, Irish politicians and the making of a parliamentary settlement in Ireland, 1692-5 *.
June 1, 2004... At the conclusion of the Irish war of 1689-91, the new Williamite government faced the arduous task of trying to bring about a settlement of a devastated and divided country. Government finances were in a critical state, with rapidly escalating pay arrears and drastically reduced income. At...

Religion and politics the Saint-Napoleon festivity 1852-70: anti-clericalism, local patriotism and modernity *.
June 1, 2004... ON 15 August 1865, like every town and village in France, the commune of Leers (Nord) prepared itself for what had become a familiar joint celebration: the commemoration of the national festivity, the Saint-Napoleon, together with the Catholic festivity of the Assumption, in honour of the...

Edward the confessor's return to England in 1041 *.
June 1, 2004... Tandem revocato Eadwardo, Adelredi regis filio, mediante Alwino Wintoniensi episcopo et Godwino comite, convocatis apud Hursteshevet totius Angliae baronibus, ita demum in regem suscipiendus auditur, si eis Cnudi leges et filiorum eius inconvulsa stabilitate suo tempore mansuras iuramenti...

The continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: some revisionist perspectives *.
June 1, 2004... OF the numerous chroniclers' accounts of the reign of Richard II one particular narrative provides a unique insight into the King's character and actions during the last years of his reign. Under its account of events in 1398, the continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum describes a rather...

Remembering a hero: Lucy Hutchinson's Memoirs of her husband.
June 1, 2004... Col. Hutchinson saith w[ha]t was donne by him was out of noe ill intent, that he hath seene ye ill effects of it, & hath since endea[voured] to bring ye k[ing] back hee hath not advanta[ged] himselfe by these times & throwes himselfe upon ye mercy of ye Parl[iament]. ... as to that...