Encompassing a huge diversity of influences this book offers a fresh perspective on the study of the past. It is an exhaustive exploration of the practice of history, historical traditions and the theories that surround them.

Peter Lambert is Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and has published on historiography.
Phillipp Schofield is Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the author of Peasant and Community in Medieval England, 1200-1500.

Introduction Part 1: The Professionalization of History Part 2: Challenges to the Statist Paradigm Part 3: Interdisciplinarity Part 4: Social Movements and Theory into History Part 5: Conclusion: History and Power