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- ISSN: 0080-4401 (Print), 1474-0648 (Online)
- Editors: Dr Jan Machielsen Cardiff University, UK, and Professor Paul Readman King's College London, 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.
Latest Content
The following are the eight most recently published research and comment articles, which are also available on FirstView.
RHS Publications | Historical Transactions
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Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence
- 15 October 2026,
- In this post, Gillian Jack introduces her new book — 'Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence. The Monastery of Sant’Elisabetta...
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Francis Slingsby (1611–1642) and the Jesuits: introducing the Society’s latest Camden volume
- 20 September 2026,
- In this post, Brian Mac Cuarta introduces his new book, 'Francis Slingsby (1611–1642) and the Jesuits', the latest volume in the Society's Camden series of...
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Unsettling Shared Identity: Positionality and the Oral History Interview
- 13 July 2026,
- In this post, Dr Nilakshi Das introduces her new article, ‘Positionality in Oral History Research: Proximities and Paradoxes of an "Insider" Status’, recently...
Royal Historical Society blog
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Making and Moving Consumables in early medieval Europe
- 27 October 2026,
- In this post, Wendy Davies describes a recent meeting of fellow historians to discuss their research on the everyday lives of ordinary working people in the...
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Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence
- 15 October 2026,
- In this post, Gillian Jack introduces her new book — 'Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence. The Monastery of Sant’Elisabetta...
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Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Arms Race in History Assessment and Higher Education Policies
- 24 September 2026,
- In this post, Dr Miguel Hernández argues that it is imperative for historians to introduce our students to responsible use of Generative AI, particularly given...
History blog
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An Editor’s Perspective: Laikwan Pang on Public Humanities
- 15 October 2026,
- We’re pleased to feature Laikwan Pang, Editor of Public Humanities and Professor of Cultural Studies and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies...
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An Editor’s Perspective: Julia Kindt on Public Humanities
- 14 October 2026,
- We’re pleased to feature Julia Kindt, Editor of Public Humanities and Professor of Ancient History at the University of Sydney. A historian of ancient...
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Beyond the ‘Lady Spy’: Noor Inayat Khan, Violette Szabo, and the Making of SOE Agents
- 24 September 2026,
- The phrase “lady spy” is hard to escape when writing about women of Britain’s Special Operations Executive. It appears in headlines, documentaries, book blurbs,...