Seminar Studies in History is a

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for undergraduate and younger students that aims to bridge the gap between the

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and the full size university textbook. The series was established in 1968 by history teacher Patrick Richardson, and was one of the first series of academic history books to include documentary sources as standard.

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Seminar Studies in History was established and edited by Patrick Richardson, a history teacher of

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

, Wimbledon.Lockyer, Roger, "Introduction to the series" in Roger Lockyer of

Royal Holloway Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college, member institution of the federal University of London. It ...

replaced Patrick Richardson as general editor following Richardson's death in 1979. The present series editors are Mark Stoyle and Gordon Martel (2024). The series is targeted at undergraduate and younger students and aims to bridge the gap between articles or monographs and full size university textbooks. It was one of the first series of academic history books to include documentary sources as standard, when that was not fashionable amongst British educators. Volumes are typically of 100–150 pages, made up of an introductory essay followed by relevant documents and a detailed bibliography. The series was first published by

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but has since been produced under a variety of imprints including

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and

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Many of the early volumes were written by history teachers at private schools, reflecting Richardson's own background."The Early Modern Period: Recent Longman's Seminar Studies in History"
by Simon Adams, ''

History Today ''History Today'' is a history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it presents authoritative history to as wide a public as possible. The magazine covers all periods and geographical regions and publishes articles of tradit ...

'', November 1984, Vol. 34, Issue 11, p. 58. ''The Levellers'' (1968), for instance, was written by Howard Shaw of

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

,''Betrayal in Burgundy''.
Troubador. Retrieved 10 June 2015. while ''The Russian Revolution'', which has not been out of print since it was first published in 1979, was produced by Anthony Wood, head of history at

Winchester College Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...

.Cover notes, A. Wood, ''The Russian Revolution'', 2nd edition, Longman, London, 1986. ''The Weimar Republic'' (1974) was the work of

John Hiden John William Hiden (1940-2012) was a British historian who was emeritus professor of Baltic studies at Bradford University and senior research fellow at Glasgow University. He was a specialist in modern German history and the history of the Balt ...

, formerly of

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. Later volumes, however, have increasingly been written by university historians. Despite their relative brevity, some volumes have been influential in their field, such as

Anthony Fletcher Anthony John Fletcher (born 24 April 1941) is an English historian of the seventeenth century. His parents were Dr. (Clarence) John Molyneux Fletcher (younger brother of Eric Fletcher, Baron Fletcher) and Isabel Chenevix Trench. His maternal ...

's volume on the ''Tudor Rebellions'' (1968) which has been through six editions, with the most recent published in 2015. ''Central and Eastern European Review'' said of Hiden's ''The Weimar Republic'' that "arguably it has never been bettered".Obituary of John Hiden.
''Central and Eastern European Review'', Vol. 6, 2012
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