Founded in 1958, The Historical Journal publishes on all aspects of history since 1500, providing a forum for younger scholars making a distinguished debut as well as publishing the work of historians with an international reputation. The journal publishes original research in full-length articles and shorter communications and major surveys of the field in historiographical reviews and review articles. Contributions are aimed both at specialists and non-specialists.
Research Article
MATERIAL ENCOUNTERS: KNOTTING CULTURES IN EARLY MODERN PERU AND SPAIN STEFAN HANßPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2019, pp. 583–615
THE RISE OF THE AMBASSADRESS: ENGLISH AMBASSADORIAL WIVES AND EARLY MODERN DIPLOMATIC CULTURE GEMMA ALLENPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2018, pp. 617–638
SIR JOHN ELIOT'S THE MONARCHIE OF MAN AND EARLY STUART POLITICAL THOUGHT WILLIAM WHITEPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2018, pp. 639–662
THE SAXON REPUBLIC AND ANCIENT CONSTITUTION IN THE STANDING ARMY CONTROVERSY, 1697–1699 ASHLEY WALSHPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 16 October 2018, pp. 663–684
ALIEN SEAMEN IN THE BRITISH NAVY, BRITISH LAW, AND THE BRITISH STATE, c. 1793 – c. 1815 SARA CAPUTOPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 02 October 2018, pp. 685–707
EPONYMY, ENCOUNTERS, AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN RUSSIAN PLACE NAMING IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, 1804–1830 BRONWEN DOUGLAS, ELENA GOVORPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2019, pp. 709–740
WITCHCRAFT, THE PRESS, AND CRIME IN IRELAND, 1822–1922 ANDREW SNEDDON, JOHN FULTONPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2018, pp. 741–764
RE-ODORIZATION, DISEASE, AND EMOTION IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND WILLIAM TULLETTPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2018, pp. 765–788
MODEL INSTITUTIONS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL REFORM IN EARLY VICTORIAN BRITAIN TOM CROOKPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2018, pp. 789–812
REBELS, THE DEATH PENALTY, AND LEGAL PROCESS IN LATE COLONIAL BURMA IAN BROWNPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2019, pp. 813–832
Historiographical Reviews
NEW LIFE IN THE MODERN CULTURAL HISTORY OF DEATH HANNAH MALONEPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2018, pp. 833–852