The Oxford Historian: Issue XIII (2015/16)

The Oxford Historian
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The View from the Chair

During his first year in office as Chair of the Faculty Board, Martin Conway reflects on recent changes and the aims of the Faculty
Hubert Stadler

Hubert Stadler: A Memorial

Ian Archer reflects on the life of the Faculty’s Graduate Officer, who passed away in 2016 after 20 years of service
Henry VIII

The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII

Following the success of his Ford Lectures in 2015, Steven Gunn discusses what effects Henry VIII’s wars would have had on the English population at large
The Khosro Cup.

Empires of Faith: interactions in art and religions of Late Antiquity across Eurasia

Rachel Wood discusses the ‘Empires of Faith’ project, which will be working with the Ashmolean Museum on an exhibition from October 2017
Anne Whiteman, 1953

Anne Whiteman

Blair Worden remembers ‘Colonel’ Whiteman and her influence on the place of women within Oxford University
The freedom fighter Rhigas Velestinlis

Re-imagining Democracy 1750–1860

Now that the first phase of her research project is complete, Joanna Innes discusses the changing meaning and understanding of democracy throughout history
Crypt of S. Zaccaria, Venice

From Byzantine to Ottonian Empires: Venice, Ravenna and Rome

Veronica West-Harling discusses the AHRC – funded project which was completed in 2014 and examined Italian history between 750 and 1000 AD
Pétain’s Jewish Children: French Jewish Youth and the Vichy Regime, 1940–42

Jewish Groups in Vichy France

Following the recent release of his book ‘Pétain’s Jewish Children’, Daniel Lee explains how Jewish Scouting groups were involved with the Vichy Regime
“The New British Possession in the Eastern Archipaelago.” Illustrated London News [London, England] 9 Oct. 1847 –

Imperial reputations and early Victorian politics

Alex Middleton examines the careers of two Early Nineteenth-century British Imperialists, and their relationship with the domestic politics of the day
The Oriel Ritaratto di sei poeti toscani (Portrait of Six Tuscan Poets)

Art as History by the First Historian of Art: Giorgio Vasari’s Ritratto di sei poeti toscani

Adrastos Omissi discusses the importance and meaning of Vasari’s masterpiece
Pieter Aertsen’s “Butcher’s Stall with the Flight into Egypt”

Thinking With Food: The Welcome Rise of Food History

Christopher Kissane discusses the rise in the study of food history and the advantages that it offers to our understanding of the past
Oxford Castle on David Loggan’s map, 1675.

Mapping Historic Oxford

Caroline Barron discusses the challenges and rewards of researching and creating historic maps of Oxford and beyond