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Urban History occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and Cities. Urban History is leading the way in academic publishing with its multimedia companions. The companions are refereed and fully linked and provide real depth to research. Online subscribers also gain access to Urban History’s comprehensive online bibliography, which contains 34,000 searchable items including books, articles and edited collections.
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- Nick Holder, with Ian Betts, Jens Röhrkasten, Mark Samuel and Christian Steer, The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2017. xvi + 363 pp. 91 figures. 20 tables. £50.00 hbk.
- Urban History, Volume 46, Issue 1
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926818000639
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- 22 January 2019,
- The nineteenth century just isn’t what it used to be. Any number of indicators – from academic job postings and doctoral dissertations to journal articles and...
- Ghost Stories in Early Modern England: The Social, Personal, and Spiritual Dynamics
- 22 January 2019,
- In early modern England, spectral figures like Madam Savage were regular visitors to the world of the living and a vibrant variety of beliefs and expectations...
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