Images of Martyrdom in an Early Modern Pilgrim’s Narrative
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr Emily Price, examines William Lithgow’s account of torture at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.
Category: Guest post
Get on Your Bike and Ride
Jane Donaldson explores the relationship between the Guardian newspaper and the early years of cycling.
Exploring the Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism at The University of Manchester
Dr Kerry Pimblott and Mary Booth discuss the recently developed module ‘Race, Migration & Humanitarianism: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism in the Modern World’ for MA History students at The University of Manchester.
The Museum of Medicine and Health on Manchester Digital Collections
Historical medical objects from The Museum of Medicine and Health launch on Manchester Digital Collections, a post by Professor Carsten Timmermann
Unexpected treasures from early medieval Spain: the Visigothic manuscripts in the Rylands
Visiting Early Career research Fellow, Dr Ana Dias, explores the Rylands Visigothic Manuscripts.
The Manchester Guardian and the Manchester Observer
Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire discusses the Manchester Observer, Peterloo Massacre and their importance in the founding of the Manchester Guardian.
Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
The Manchester Guardian and the Irish Question: Evolution of Newspaper and Nation
Kathy Davies explores the Guardian’s reporting on the complex subject of Irish home rule in the early part of the 20th Century.
Speak PROPER Renaissance Italian!
A Renaissance Man’s “Speaking Book” in Manchester’s Neo-Gothic Library
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 2)
The second of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.