The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of its latest two titles as part of the Camden and New Historical Perspectives book series.
Both titles are published, online and in print, by Cambridge University Press and University of London Press respectively.
Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z, edited by Maria Cannon and Laura Tisdall (New Historical Perspectives, published by University of London Press, November 2024).
Adulthood has a history. This collection, edited by Maria Cannon and Laura Tisdall, explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain and the United States with reference to eleven case studies. Expectations for adults have altered over time, just as other age-categories such as childhood, adolescence and old age have been shaped by their cultural and social context.
In historicising adulthood, this collection is the first to employ adulthood as a category of historical analysis, arguing that consideration of age is crucial for all scholarship that addresses power and inequality.
Collectively, the authors explore four key ideas: adulthood as both burden and benefit; adulthood as a relational category; collective versus individual definitions of adulthood; and adulthood as a static definition.
Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z is the 20th volume in the Society’s New Historical Perspective series for early career historians within 10 years of completion of a PhD at a UK or Irish university.
All 20 titles are available for free Open Access download from University of London Press, as well as in paperback print. For more on this volume, please see Maria and Laura’s post for the RHS blog.
The Household Accounts of Robert and Katherine Greville, Lord and Lady Brooke, at Holborn and Warwick, 1640-1649, edited by Stewart Beale, Andrew Hopper and Ann Hughes (RHS Camden Series, November 2024).
Robert Greville, 2nd Lord Brooke, was a prominent figure amongst the op
position to Charles I, a religious radical and intellectual who emerged as a successful popular leader in the early months of the English Civil War. This volume publishes the richly detailed household accounts kept for Brooke and his widow, Katherine, on an annual basis between 1640 and 1649.
These texts have scarcely been studied by historians. They are an illuminating source for Brooke’s capacious intellectual, religious, and political networks, and for his mobilisation of support for Parliament in 1642. They also uncover the administration of his estates and households in London, Warwickshire, and the Midlands before and after his premature death.
These accounts are crucial sources for political, economic, and military historians, and equally important for social and cultural historians interested in the history of the family, childhood, and widowhood, as well as consumption and material culture.
The Household Accounts of Robert and Katherine Greville, Lord and Lady Brooke is published online and in print by Cambridge University Press (November 2024). Fellows and members of the Society may purchase print copies of this, and other available Camden titles, for £16 per volume by emailing: administration@royalhistsoc.org.