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The Historian

Our contributors go back in time to look at how trends in property investment have been affected by economic history – and vice versa

The Historian

1559: The Elizabethan religious settlement and the formation of the Church of England

by David L. Smith | Apr 29, 2024

When Elizabeth I succeeded to the throne in November 1558, perhaps the most difficult and sensitive problem that she had to address was the question of England’s religion. In the 1530s, Elizabeth’s father Henry VIII had broken with Rome and repudiated the Pope’s jurisdiction within England,...

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Edward VII and the realignment of British foreign policy

by David L. Smith | Apr 26, 2022

In both the world wars, Britain was allied with France and Russia against Germany. Yet this pattern was of relatively recent origin and it represented a reversal of that which...

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Gladstone, Disraeli and the reinvention of the Victorian monarchy

by David L. Smith | Apr 4, 2022

The roots of the Royal Family’s public persona. During the later decades of the 19th century, the British monarchy was fundamentally transformed into the one we know today:...

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From British tea to Russian vodka

by J Mark Powell | Mar 31, 2022

A brief history of boycotts. From government bans to customers pouring it in gutters by the gallon, Americans are saying “nyet” to Russian vodka, expressing their anger over the...

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Shifting alliances

by David L. Smith | Mar 24, 2022

Edward VII and the realignment of British foreign policy. In both the world wars, Britain was allied with France and Russia against Germany. Yet this pattern was of relatively...

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The Hume-Rousseau affair

by Daniel B Klein | Oct 25, 2021

When David Hume learned in 1762 that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was interested in relocating to Britain, he got busy to make that happen. The two men first met in...

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Looking into the past: women investors

by Tehreem Husain | Oct 6, 2021

Recent scholarship on investment patterns during the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain has uncovered the role of women as investors. By the late 19th century, rising real wealth...

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The Church of England is apologising for medieval antisemitism – why now?

by Tony Kushner | Jul 20, 2021

The Church of England has confirmed plans to apologise to UK Jews for medieval antisemitic laws, put in place centuries before the church itself existed. The anticipated apology...