''The English Historical Review'' is a bimonthly

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that was established in 1886 and published by

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(formerly by

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). It publishes articles on all aspects of history –

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, European, and

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– since the

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. It is the oldest surviving

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academic journal in the discipline of history. Six issues are currently published each year, and typically include at least six articles from a broad chronological range (roughly, medieval, early modern, modern and twentieth century) and around forty book reviews. The journal has (as of 2023) introduced a new section entitled Reflections, which includes historiographical essays, review articles, and assessments of the contributions of individual scholars to the field. It also aims to publish one Forum collection each year. The journal was established in 1886 by John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Regius professor of modern history at

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, and a

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. The first editor was

Mandell Creighton Mandell Creighton (; 5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian, Anglican priest and bishop. The son of a successful carpenter in north-west England, Creighton studied at the University of Oxford, focusing his scholarship on ...

. The current editors are Nandini Chatterjee, Misha Ewen, Alex Middleton, Jan Rüger, John Sabapathy and Hannah Skoda.

List of editors

Editors of ''The English Historical Review'': * 1886–1891:

* 1891–1894:

Samuel Rawson Gardiner Samuel Rawson Gardiner (4 March 1829 – 24 February 1902) was an English historian who specialized in 17th-century English history as a prominent foundational historian of the Puritan revolution and the English Civil War. Life The son of R ...

, assisted by Reginald Lane Poole * 1895–1901: S. R. Gardiner and Reginald Lane Poole * 1902–1920: Reginald Lane Poole, assisted (1920) by George Norman Clark * 1921–1925: G. N. Clark assisted (1924-5) by E. Stanley Cohn * 1926: G. N. Clark and Charles William Previté-Orton * 1927–1938: C. W. Previté-Orton * 1938–1939: C. W. Previté-Orton and G. N. Clark * 1939–1958: John Goronwy Edwards and Richard Pares * 1958–1959: J. G. Edwards and

Denys Hay Denys Hay (29 August 1915 – 14 June 1994) was a British historian specialising in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and notable for demonstrating the influence of Italy on events in the rest of the continent. Life He was born in Newcastle-upo ...

* 1959–1965: Denys Hay * 1965–1967: John Michael Wallace-Hadrill * 1967–1974: J. M. Wallace-Hadrill and John Morris Roberts * 1974–1978: J. M. Roberts and George Arthur Holmes * 1978–1981: G. A. Holmes and Angus Donald Macintyre * 1982–1986: A. D. Macintyre and Penry Herbert Williams * 1986–1990: P. H. Williams and Robert John Weston Evans * 1991–1995: R. J. W. Evans and John Maddicott * 1996–1999: J. H. Maddicott and John Stevenson * 1999–2001: J. H. Maddicott and Jean Dunbabin * 2001: Jean Dunbabin and John Rowlatt * 2001–2004: Jean Dunbabin and George W. Bernard * 2004–2006: G. W. Bernard and Philip Waller * 2007–2012: G. W Bernard and Martin Conway * 2012–2013: Martin Conway and Catherine Holmes * 2013–2016: Martin Conway, Catherine Holmes, and Peter Marshall * 2017–2021: Catherine Holmes, Peter Marshall, Stephen Conway, and Hannah Skoda * 2021-2022: Nandini Chatterjee, Stephen Conway, Peter Marshall, Jan Rüger, and Hannah Skoda * 2022-2023: Nandini Chatterjee, Stephen Conway, Jan Rüger, Hannah Skoda, and Alice Taylor * 2023-2024: Nandini Chatterjee, Jan Rüger, Hannah Skoda, and Alice Taylor * 2024-2025: Nandini Chatterjee, Alex Middleton, Jan Rüger, Hannah Skoda, and Alice Taylor * 2025-: Nandini Chatterjee, Misha Ewen, Alex Middleton, Jan Rüger, John Sabapathy, and Hannah Skoda

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:English Historical Review, The 1886 establishments in England English-language journals History journals Bimonthly journals Oxford University Press academic journals Publications established in 1886

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