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RHS Lecture with Prof Sasha Handley (Manchester) at the University of Warwick, 1 May 2026

Work and gender, status and power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England.

A lecture by Professor Catherine Hall on the question: what was ‘racial capitalism’ in its C18 form?

A lecture by Professor Catherine Hall on the question: what was ‘racial capitalism’ in its C18 form?

In this episode, Dr Hailwood (University of Bristol) asks whether everyday life in English villages 400 years ago was really as uncomfortable and harsh as we generally tend to think. Not everybody die...

A hands-on workshop at The University of Exeter run by 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1560-1790’ project team.

In the last year, chatbots powered by large language models are everywhere and even … useful. But how do they work?

We are currently re-advertising our funded PhD studentship Global Commodities in Early Modern Wills. The focus of the studentship is intended to be broad and elastic so that the successful student can...