Whitechapel, London
In the past few weeks, I have tracked the development of English land policy from the time of the Anglo-Saxons to the 19th century. Now that I’ve spent some time investigating agricultural planning before parliamentary enclosure, I’m going to resume…
Modesty in Byzantium
Artist and Art Historian: Nazanin Hedayat Munroe Original Artist: unknown Title: Empress Theodora and Her Court Date: ca. 547 A.D. Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/topical-essays/posts/san-vitale Comment: This is a mosaic which can be found in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna in…
Open-Field System and Nuclear Villages
My last several blog posts have dealt with enclosure, so I wanted to continue my research into English land policy. This week, I investigated beyond the Tudor dynasty and hope to synthesize information about medieval land planning. My research leads…
Tudor Enclosure Movement
After last week’s blog post on enclosure, I felt the need to go back further in time to understand the importance of enclosure in English land policy. I previously mentioned that enclosure first became prevalent during the Tudor dynasty, but…
Week 3: secondary research
As we move into using more secondary as well as primary sources, I want to help out a bit with finding good secondary sources. When historians use the term “scholarly article”, they usually mean something published in a peer-reviewed journal….
Queen Boudica’s Sack of Londinium
After Queen Boudica sacked Londinium in 61 AD, it was rebuilt as a Roman-planned town to consolidate control over the region. Queen Boudica’s vicious sack of Londinium revealed how poorly planned the port city originally was. Queen Boudica was married…
Ebb and Flow of Fashion and Religion
Artist: Unknown Title: Marble statue of a woman, suspected to be Themis Date: 2nd half of the 4th Century BC, Late Classical Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/03.12.17/ Comment: With the onset of concepts like epicureanism and individualism we see a “release” or freeing…
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