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The British heroic-romantic myth of Gallipoli (2004)
Book Chapter
Macleod, J. (2004). The British heroic-romantic myth of Gallipoli. In J. Macleod (Ed.), Gallipoli : making history (73-85). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203489314

One of the most notable focuses of interest in Gallipoli in Britain is Holy Trinity Church in Eltham in south-east London. Its lady chapel is dedicated to the campaign, and a memorial service or lecture has been held there annually. The connection be... Read More about The British heroic-romantic myth of Gallipoli.

India: Some Perceptions of Race and Empire (2002)
Book Chapter
Omissi, D. (2002). India: Some Perceptions of Race and Empire. In D. Omissi, & A. S. Thompson (Eds.), The impact of the South African War (215-232). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598294_12

This chapter’s main concern is how the South African War, and its aftermath, insinuated itself into Indian political and public life. The chapter will address four main questions: (1) What place did India, and the Indian Army, occupy in British strat... Read More about India: Some Perceptions of Race and Empire.

The Hendon Air Pageant, 1920-1937 (1992)
Book Chapter
Omissi, D. (1992). The Hendon Air Pageant, 1920-1937. In J. M. MacKenzie (Ed.), Popular Imperialism and the Military (198-220). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526123602

This chapter analyses the Royal Air Force (RAF) display at Hendon as a manifestation of popular imperialism. The Hendon Air Pageant, which took place every year from 1920 until 1937, was the most celebrated and successful of the new RAF spectacles. T... Read More about The Hendon Air Pageant, 1920-1937.

Evidence for religious reading practice and experience in times of change : some models provided by late medieval texts of the Ten Commandments
Book Chapter
Salter, E. Evidence for religious reading practice and experience in times of change : some models provided by late medieval texts of the Ten Commandments.

Abstract: This book chapter uses a case study method in order to make detailed investigations of groups of manuscripts or books or particular texts in their differing contexts. A key aim is to extrapolate from this very particular evidence to some mo... Read More about Evidence for religious reading practice and experience in times of change : some models provided by late medieval texts of the Ten Commandments.

Adultery and impotence as literary spectacle in the divorce debates and tracts of the long eighteenth century
Book Chapter
Capern, A. Adultery and impotence as literary spectacle in the divorce debates and tracts of the long eighteenth century.

Abstract This essay will examine the origins and emergence of the crisis that engulfed the propertied classes from the late seventeenth century onwards through an analysis of the early legal debates about matrimonial separation and the later bawdy pa... Read More about Adultery and impotence as literary spectacle in the divorce debates and tracts of the long eighteenth century.