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Historic Timelines

Historical texts have long been the subject of critical analysis from the writings of the Venerable Bede to the latest releases from the National Archives. Maps too have been analyzed in great depth. We explore what they can  reveal to us about the world in which they were created, from the Mappa Mundi, through the…

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Intriguing Mapping a digital perspective

A short video from BBC Beauty of Maps, a glimpse at a digital perspective that underpins why we believe that digital maps combined with historic documents offer up an intriguing historical perspective and help us all connect and gain deeper insights in our history…

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Treasured finds as London’s Online Art archives emerge from the dust sheets…

How can you build your own personal online art collection and maybe find some new and intriguing resources and information to enjoy and inform the research for your history project!. Automating some legwork sure worked for me, it is a bit like fishing you need to be patient but it yields results and does much more searching than you could do manually, take a look at the Painting I found for my One Name Study.

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Open Data for History in the Making…

Open Data, Linked Data accessible to all and able to be shared analysed and used by us all. Listen to short video from the excellent Nigel Shadbolt and you will soon see why this is relevant and important for anyone interested in history as well as jus…

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Tim Berners Lee Video Open Linked Data TED Talk

What is ‘Linked Data’ why is open data relevant to anyone with an interest in history…listen to Tim Berners Lee web pioneer telling us all about it, tap into to some intriguingly linked resources and help change the world…

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