All posts Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archivesMonday 30 October 2017When you think of Geoffrey Chaucer, what words or themes do you think of? Words like...Records and researchEngland’s freedom, soldiers’ rights: Civil War army disputesFriday 27 October 2017Three hundred and seventy years ago this autumn, among the dying embers of bloody...Records and researchThe Inter-Departmental Committee on AbortionThursday 26 October 2017This blog contains details that some readers may find distressing. ‘If abortion were necessarily fatal...Behind the scenesCrime in the archivesWednesday 25 October 2017Following the success of our ‘Behind the scenes’ repository tours we are currently running...Records and research500 years of Reformation: England and GermanyTuesday 24 October 20172017 marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Europe,...Records and researchWhat Court of Chivalry records reveal about 14th century soldiersMonday 23 October 2017 “The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence...Records and research‘The black man and his party’: William Cuffey, Chartist leaderThursday 19 October 2017Black History Month offers an opportunity to highlight the significant but often overlooked contribution...Archives and archivistsBanishing the bulk! Conserving a 17th century volumeWednesday 18 October 2017Of more than 11 million documents in The National Archives’ collection, approximately 5,700 have...Records and researchBunga bunga! The great Edwardian Dreadnought hoaxMonday 16 October 2017On the late afternoon of 7 February 1910, four men in long robes, accompanied by...Records and researchAnglo-French archaeological squabbles in AfghanistanFriday 13 October 2017In Afghanistan, just like elsewhere in the world, the British and the French squabbled...Records and research‘Having fear of death before me’: life before the 1967 Abortion ActFriday 13 October 2017This blog contains details that some readers may find distressing. This year marks an important...Behind the scenesNew resources for A level and GCSE history teachersMonday 9 October 2017The National Archives Education Department has been very busy this summer: we have created... « 1 … 75 76 77 78 79 … 168 »