In an adaptation of two posts featured on his website (here and here), George Reeves offers a reflection on two of the more iconic (for better or for worse) American presidents of the 20th Century. Richard Nixon Not long before his death, Nixon predicted that his presidency would be remembered in a positive light and... Continue Reading →
The past is political - deeply so. This much is an established truism, and has been particularly demonstrated this month in a few events. Mary Beard became the centre of a bitter Twitter dispute regarding multiculturalism in the Roman Empire; there have been a series of debates concerning the presence of statues of historical figures... Continue Reading →
Welcome to This Week in Twitter History, a regular feature which rounds up what's interesting, exciting or controversial in the world of heritage and history on Twitter. The Voces Historiae Twitter account follows an ever-expanding range of museums, organisations, institutions, writers and academics and retweets the cream of the crop for a handy digest of the best of Twitter... Continue Reading →
Welcome to This Week in Twitter History, a regular feature which rounds up what's interesting, exciting or controversial in the world of heritage and history on Twitter. The Voces Historiae Twitter account follows an ever-expanding range of museums, organisations, institutions, writers and academics and retweets the cream of the crop for a handy digest of the best of Twitter... Continue Reading →
There is a rich undercurrent in medieval hagiography and histories, a counterpoint to the high power of divinely channelled might. There are a number of words which could be used to describe this seam of miracles – grounded, maybe, or prosaic. Even, at times, underwhelming.
Welcome to This Week in Twitter History, a regular feature which rounds up what's interesting, exciting or controversial in the world of heritage and history on Twitter. The Voces Historiae Twitter account follows an ever-expanding range of museums, organisations, institutions, writers and academics and retweets the cream of the crop for a handy digest of the best of Twitter... Continue Reading →
I have had problems with the Yorkshire Museum before. It has many beautiful, fascinating objects, a lot of which are presented and described thoughtfully. Elsewhere, particularly in the medieval area, there has been a frustrating tendency to leave objects (interesting as they are) by themselves and offer very little information about them. The artefact itself... Continue Reading →
A glance at Mark Kurlanksy's list of publications will reveal his particular area of interest - books on cod, the oyster and salt (among others) demonstrate a passion for telling the story of those particular facets of life which are simultaneously ubiquitous yet overlooked, or taken for granted. His history of the Basques takes a... Continue Reading →
Given the nature of Discourses, and Machiavelli’s extensive work for the Florentine republic, it perhaps comes as a surprise that ‘Machiavellian’ is synonymous with amoral, ruthless realpolitik: the cold exercising of power to advance one’s interests regardless of commonly received ethics. Such an interpretation comes from an isolated reading of The Prince...
It often feels like heritage is not a comfortable pioneer of this perpetual revolution; rather, in many instances, it seems to hitch a ride on the bandwagon in order to not be visibly left behind...
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