Not Just the Tudors · Episode

Crime and punishment in early modern London and the home counties is a rich area of study. Students will encounter not only the changes in the law across the period, but also the very real human stori...

A one-day online introduction to Early Modern Legal records.

Tracing the phenomenon of Protestant ‘fish days’, this post explores why some people in early modern England believed that changing their diet could promote a public good–and how they brought…

Call for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t...

Last week I spoke with some of my colleagues about the “challenges” posed by generative AI to our teaching. As anyone who follows me on Bluesky — or followed me on Twitter, prior …

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

Document from 1642 made by husband of Shakespeare’s granddaughter found in unlabelled box at National Archives

The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history

By Cassie Watson; posted 27 June 2025. In my previous post I argued that assault should be seen as an important avenue of research by crime and legal historians, but noted that it is usually more d…

A Lovecraft Investigations audio series delving into the (true) life and works of Aleister Crowley

Digger (noun): one who excavates or turns up the earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool [Oxford English Dictionary]

In this guest post, Andrea McKenzie examines the uses of shorthand by a 17th-century law student (and future MP and chief justice) — speed, secrecy, and cover for lots of criticism and gossip…

Join the London Renaissance Seminar branch of the EMROC recipe transcribathon. Bring a laptop and a keen eye!

Canada and other Western countries have been lulled into a sense of false stability that is neither shared elsewhere in the world nor reflected consistently through history

As we approach the U.S. Inauguration and the promised Day 1 pardons to people who tried to thwart the last transition, this post looks back at English coronation pardons: what did they do and why d…

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