New Histories

Gracchus Babeuf – the would-be communist dictator of France?

updated on 10th October 202122nd February 2019

Portrait of François Noël Bonneville courtesy of the Gallica Digital Library.

Upon hearing the word ‘communism’ or the phrase ‘socialist revolution’, in our popular approaches we tend to be drawn to the twentieth century as a point of departure; to the oppressive communist dictatorships of leaders such as Lenin, Stalin or Mao.

2018 - 2019 Medieval Volume 8

Lady Godiva: The Woman, The Myth, The Legend

updated on 10th October 202122nd February 2019

Painting of Lady Godiva on horseback by John Collier, c. 1897, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.

Lady Godiva – we have all heard of this legendary noblewoman in one way or another purely through cultural osmosis.

2018 - 2019 Ancient Medieval Modern Sheffield Volume 8

From Krkur to Crookes – A Brief History of the 1,000-Year-Old Village

updated on 10th October 202120th February 2019

Photo of Stenton's Grocer's shop, No. 1, Blakeney Road, Crookes. (Ref No. t02342), Picture Sheffield.

Although it may seem like a quiet, ordinary suburb on the fringes of a city, Crookes has a surprisingly rich history that makes it anything but ordinary.

New Histories: Foreword