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Victorian Britain: a brief history

A danger is that children will view the Victorian era as one of unrelenting darkness, cruelty and poverty. So it is worth focusing, too, on the achievements of the … See more

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Social Structure / Overview of Elizabeth I / Historical Association

WEBSocial Structure. Elizabethan England had four main classes: the Nobility, the Gentry, the Yeomanry, and the Poor. A person's class determined how they could dress, where they …

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CHOLERA AND THE FIGHT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH REFORM IN …

WEBThis article will trace the political and social influences on public health reform during this period and will critically examine the role played by the great cholera epidemics of 1832, …

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The NHS: Britain’s National Health Service, 1948-2020

WEBBy Susan Cohen; reviewed by Trevor James, published 15th January 2021. The NHS: Britain’s National Health Service, 1948-2020, Susan Cohen, Shire Publications, …

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The experience of Bilston in the cholera epidemic of 1831–32

WEBA melancholy pre-eminence in the catalogue of suffering. Alannah Tomkins introduces a well-chronicled early example of how a local community dealt with cholera. …

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GCSE Topic Pack: Medicine through Time

WEBTopic Pack. By Author: Melanie Jones. Web Editor: Simon Brown, published 5th June 2011. Medicine Through Time is a Development study. It traces the development of medical …

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Cholera and the Fight for Public Health Reform in Mid-Victorian …

WEBArticle. Of the many social changes that occurred during the Victorian age, public health reform is widely agreed to be one of the most significant. In the early …

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NHS Reform Timeline

WEBAs the recent Health and Social Care Act (2012) shows, the NHS has been subject to much change since its inception in 1948. Having recently celebrated its 64th …

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Great Discoveries in Medicine / Historical Association

WEBGreat Discoveries in Medicine, edited by William and Helen Bynum, Thames and Hudson, 2011, hardback, 304 pp., £24.95, ISBN 9780500251805One of the greatest and most …

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The Insanity of Henry VI

WEBCarole Rawcliffe examines medieval attitudes to madness and the case of Henry VI. Mad kings are all the rage at present. The remarkable success, first of Alan …

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Social and Political Change: Britain 1800-present

WEBThese articles are all free to HA Student Members. See also our 5-part Podcast series on Social and Political Change in Britain from 1800. 1. The People's Pension. Podcast of …

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Teaching primary history through concepts

WEB3 © Copyright Historical Association 2021 So if primary teachers (and their pupils) form part of that ancient community of enquiry, which embraces everyone who

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1509–1745 / Resource Sharing Hub: Key Stage 3 / Historical …

WEB1509–1745. The period 1509-1745 provides the perfect opportunity for a study of change, not only in Britain, but also across Europe during the Renaissance. Topics studied could …

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How Norwich Fought Against the Plague: Lessons from the Past

WEBTweet. How Norwich Fought Against the Plague: Lessons from the Past, Frank Meeres, Poppyland Publishing, 2021, 138p, £9.95. ISBN 9781909796898. The importance of this …

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THE INSANITY OF HENRY VI

WEBPhlegmatic man stands in the bottom right-hand corner. Left, the surgical treatment of humoral problems often required cauterization or cupping, as depicted in this fifteenth …

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Child Health & School meals: Nottingham 1906-1945

WEBIt has involved controversy over the role of the state and the family, welfare and education, and the role of the school.2 In this article I want to examine the provision of school …

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