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- Have your say in The Common Room; our new regular feature containing shorter articles on historiographies, methodologies, and new scholarship.

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ISSN: 0080-4401 (Print), 1474-0648 (Online)
Editor: Dr Jan Machielsen Cardiff University, UK
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The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is the flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society, the UK's leading membership organisation for professional historians of all kinds. Founded in 1872, Transactions has been publishing the highest quality scholarship for 150 years. Today, this open access journal welcomes submissions dealing with any geographical area from the early middle ages to the very recent past. The Editors are also interested in content, in a range of formats, that covers entirely new ground, thematically or methodologically, as well as articles engaging critically with established themes in existing literatures. For more on Transactions, please see the Royal Historical Society website.

Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act
19 September 2024, royalhistsoc
The 1832 Reform Act was a landmark moment in the development of modern British politics. In his new book — 'Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832...

Literary Cricket, Intellectual Culture and Edwardian In-Groups
09 September 2024, royalhistsoc
How can studies of group activities inform our understanding of historical figures? In this post, Ollie Randall introduces his new article,'Cricket, Literary...

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: from the editor
20 August 2024, royalhistsoc
Jan Machielsen, editor of 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society', reflects on his first six months in the role and looks ahead to new content coming...

The Value of History: a new briefing from the Royal Historical Society
30 October 2024, royalhistsoc
In October 2024 the Royal Historical Society published ‘The Value of History in Higher Education and Society’. This briefing offers views on the state, and...

Jinty Nelson – a memoir
25 October 2024, royalhistsoc
The Royal Historical Society was deeply saddened to learn last week of the death of the historian and former RHS President, Dame Jinty Nelson FBA. In this post,...

Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act
19 September 2024, royalhistsoc
The 1832 Reform Act was a landmark moment in the development of modern British politics. In his new book — 'Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832...