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Continues Cambridge Historical Journal (1923 - 1957)
Title history

ISSN: 0018-246X (Print), 1469-5103 (Online)
Editors: John Gallagher University of Leeds, UK, and Rachel Leow University of Cambridge, UK
Editorial board

The Historical Journal continues to publish papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century. The best contemporary scholarship is represented. Contributions come from all parts of the world. The journal aims to publish some thirty-five articles and communications each year and to review recent historical literature, mainly in the form of historiographical reviews and review articles. The journal provides a forum for early career scholars making a distinguished debut as well as publishing the work of historians of established reputation.

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The Historical Journal is now seeking proposals for Special Issues. Please click here for more information.

Interpretive battlegrounds: Melancholy, spiritual experience, and dissent in early modern England
10 May 2024, Finola Finn
In a spiritual narrative published in 1672, Charles Langford lamented that some would deem his descriptions of visions and temptations “as meer Fictions, and...

Natalie Zemon Davis under investigation: writing history under political persecution
10 May 2024, Stefan Hanß
“The full Historical Journal article on which this blog is based is currently not yet published but will be out soon!…

Mills, Money, and Morality: Entrepreneurial Philanthropy under a Spatial Microscope
26 March 2024, David Yates
Walking through the mill yard at Quarry Bank mill, on a dull December day, I noticed the bell tower high above.