Laurence Swarfeld of Antwerp and London: Cross Channel Connections in the 15th century Customs Accounts. The IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community has been carrying out some exploratory research on the potential of analysing London’s medieval customs accounts digitally. Detailed, or ‘particular’ customs accounts recorded immense detail about the goods and practices ofContinue reading “Review title”

Hoyer, Katja. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990. Allen Lane, UK, 2023. ix + 449 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.   KATJA HOYER’S new book is not the first attempt to write a popular history of the East German state in English, but it is certainly one of the most widely received. Hoyer is anContinue reading “Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990”