Archimedes Codex Book C An intriguing Artefact Rediscovered Palimpsest Project Video
Fabulous example of how to do it all better. An ancient text rediscovered, new human knowledge revealed and all the data and joy from the discovery share and open with a Creative Commons Licence across the internet. Short 14 mins 50 secs video the future of digital research humanities and a sprinkling of the application of some pretty amazing science as well.
Read MoreThe Mathematics of History
Has the digitization of historical data made it possible to engage maths in looking for new patterns?
Read MoreHistorical Significance of C20th Science, Bletchley Park and the WWW
What technological advances in the C20th will be seen to have made the biggest impact on society?
Read MoreStatute of Cambridge 1388
The starting point the putting down by Richard II of the Peasants Revolt of imposing order and punitive conditions on the poor in what was to become known and codified as the Old Poor Law…follow this chronology and the related law provides a great source of information and the reason why our welffare state in the UK evolves as it does…
Read MoreVagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
Set in the stocks for even being suspected of being idle, puts in context ‘we don’t know just how lucky we are, part of the sequence of the Old Poor Law and certainly gives some insight into the plight of the poor and the conditions imposed on them by the ruling elite…
Read MoreOld Poor Law
The Old Poor Law was the codified series of statutes that predated the draconian Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, the timeline of this law casts some light on the origins of welfare and the plight of the poor in England for many years. If you have any reason to want to better understand the basis of society during the 19th century then some reference to these legal orgins will be helpful.
Read MoreOnline Collection at Folger Shakespeare Library
The world’s largest Shakespeare collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library New York
Read MoreBrilliant Map Warper at New York Public Library
Map warping, layering historical and modern maps, open access at New York Public Library
Read MorePost 1813 Birth and Burial Registers Unpicked
Examining the post 1813 baptism and burial records and seeing what they might reveal for the family historian
Read MoreWork Out The Intriguing Change From The Julian to Gregorian Calender
Family historians should be aware of the change made from the Julian to the Gregorian Calender in 1751/52. An intriguing anomaly
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