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• January 9, 2025

  …and the Gospel of Mark

  M. Newby. Miracles and History: Mutually Exclusive? Introduction Since the late 18th Century, source criticism has significantly improved the academic community’s ability to sort historical information from theology and mythology directly from scripture.  That, combined with the archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century, such as the Nag Hammadi library and the Dead Sea Scrolls, have…
• January 9, 2025

  …and the Myth of the Blitz

  M.Newby. A critical analysis of ‘Wartime Holidays and the “Myth of the Blitz”’, Cultural and Social History by Chris Sladen The central thesis of Sladen’s 2005 paper, ‘Wartime Holidays and the “Myth of the Blitz”’ is, first and foremost, a challenge to the dominant view of historians, such as A. Jenkins, and the general public,…
• January 9, 2025

  …and the Early Modern Period

  M Newby. Was affection a characteristic of the early-modern family in England? Abstract This essay evaluates whether affection was a significant characteristic of early-modern English families. It draws upon primary sources including diaries and court records, and engages with key secondary works by the likes of Stone, MacFarlane, Berry and Foyster, Tadmor, and Laslett. In…