Tag: Medieval Records and researchFastolf not ‘Falstaff’: the soldier behind Shakespeare’s mythWednesday 4 May 2016The Falstaff of Shakespeare’s plays bears little resemblance to what we understand of the...Records and researchThe Good Parliament of 1376Friday 29 April 2016It is the 640th anniversary of one of the most important sessions of parliament...Behind the scenesWax, cord and ink: the materiality of recordsTuesday 22 March 2016We are only starting to scratch the surface of what the materials in our...Archives and archivistsCommemorating the Battle of Agincourt at The National ArchivesMonday 16 November 2015On 27 October, a wave of Agincourt fever spread through The National Archives. With...Records and researchWar cries and clashing steel: the Battle of AgincourtTuesday 27 October 2015A bedraggled and weary English army of over 9,000 men made its way across the river...Records and researchRemembering England’s Medieval JewsTuesday 10 March 2015Events on 27 January to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau...Records and researchEngland’s immigrants 1330-1550Tuesday 24 February 2015This month sees the launch of England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a major new research database...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: Storage chestsTuesday 9 December 2014An on-going feature in the Keeper’s Gallery that I wanted to highlight to are...Records and researchWriter of the month: Ian MortimerThursday 27 June 2013Normally when historians are asked to talk about archives it is assumed that they...Behind the scenesFilming DomesdayThursday 9 August 2012Last night’s episode of Restoration Home featured an unusual reference for the series. It referred to a Domesday entry about a manor...Records and researchA desert island from my shelfMonday 14 May 2012When you work in an archive, a certain amount of shelving is, of course,... « 1 2 3 4