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- ISSN: 0080-4401 (Print), 1474-0648 (Online)
- Editors: Dr Jan Machielsen Cardiff University, UK, and Professor Paul Readman King's College London, UK
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The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is the flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society, the UK's leading membership organisation for professional historians of all kinds. Founded in 1872, Transactions has been publishing the highest quality scholarship for 150 years. Today, this open access journal welcomes submissions dealing with any geographical area from the early middle ages to the very recent past. The Editors are also interested in content, in a range of formats, that covers entirely new ground, thematically or methodologically, as well as articles engaging critically with established themes in existing literatures. For more on Transactions, please see the Royal Historical Society website.
Latest Content
The following are the eight most recently published research and comment articles, which are also available on FirstView.
RHS Publications | Historical Transactions
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Unsettling Shared Identity: Positionality and the Oral History Interview
- 13 July 2026,
- In this post, Dr Nilakshi Das introduces her new article, ‘Positionality in Oral History Research: Proximities and Paradoxes of an "Insider" Status’, recently...
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Dwarfism, Institutionalisation and Marginalisation at the Court in Early Bourbon France
- 02 July 2026,
- In this post, Marc Jaffré introduces his new article — ‘Dwarfism, Institutionalisation and Marginalisation at the Court in Early Bourbon France, 1589–1715’...
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Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain
- 16 April 2026,
- In this post, Rowan Thompson introduces his new book — 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire'...
Royal Historical Society blog
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How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping History Students Get the Most out of Translation Software
- 20 July 2026,
- In this post Dr Jasper Heinzen reflects on the design and implementation of his recent project, 'How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping Students...
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Unsettling Shared Identity: Positionality and the Oral History Interview
- 13 July 2026,
- In this post, Dr Nilakshi Das introduces her new article, ‘Positionality in Oral History Research: Proximities and Paradoxes of an "Insider" Status’, recently...
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History and its historians in the National Student Survey, 2026
- 09 July 2026,
- This week sees publication of the National Student Survey for 2026, by the Office for Students. This year’s survey asked final-year undergraduates (2025), finishing...
History blog
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Before the World Wide Web, There Was the World Wide Silk Web
- 08 July 2026,
- In 1892, Vicente Sanjuán, a Spanish agricultural engineer, arrived in Padua on a government mission: to revive his country’s struggling silk industry.…...
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: why a 3,000-year-old story still captivates us
- 08 July 2026,
- As Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' reaches cinemas, explore the scholarship behind one of history's most enduring and influential stories.
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Reconsidering the Renaissance: Elizabeth I and Classical Persia
- 07 July 2026,
- In the 1570s, Elizabeth I grappled with the question of whether to execute Mary, Queen of Scots. As she did so, she was urged to follow the compelling example...