Royal Historical Society (RHS)

Royal Historical Society

Studies in History Series

The Royal Historical Society's series Studies in History, founded by Sir Geoffrey Elton in 1975 and re-launched in 1995, has established itself as one of the leading outlets for specialist historical monographs. They are almost always based on doctoral dissertations that have been extensively developed and extended so that the wider significance of their findings are brought out, while at the same time they are leaner and fitter so as to come within a rigorous word limit of 90,000 words. The series takes a deliberately inclusive approach, covering all periods from early medieval to the recent history, and while most of the titles have been on British and Continental European History, submissions relating to any part of the world are welcomed. The series also seeks to embrace all approaches to historical research, requiring only that work should be of the highest quality. In conjunction with the publishers, Boydell & Brewer, the series maintains the very highest standard of publication. Work submitted is read by an expert appointed by the Board. Of particular importance is the close guidance and specialist advice given to authors by the relevant member of the editorial board and by the series' Executive Editor, Mrs Christine Linehan, who has held that position since the inception of the series and who has helped 150 authors, many now very senior members of the profession, to take pride in their first books. All this, together with the work of the publishers, ensures the highest quality of both scholarship and presentation.

Submission of proposals

The Editorial Board is always willing to advise potential series authors on the submission of proposals. Normally material to be submitted for a proposal would comprise a copy of the author's doctoral dissertation (where this is relevant), a full outline of proposed revisions, and ideally two sample revised chapters; note that the established length for books in the series is no greater than 90,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography. Advice from at least one and usually two experts in the field will then be taken in the usual way.

All proposals are submitted to formal meetings of the Editorial Board, which take place at regular intervals throughout the year. Books are normally published within a year of the delivery of the final manuscript to the publisher. Currently seven volumes per year are published.

In the first instance typescripts should be sent to the Executive Secretary at the Royal Historical Society. The Society will not consider any work which is simultaneously being considered by another publisher, in the UK or elsewhere; not does it undertake co-publishing.

Forthcoming Volumes in 2008-2009

Andrea Benvenuti, Anglo-Australian Relations and the Turn to Europe (1961-1972)

Paul Bridgen, Ideology and Politics in the Development of a Labour Party Foreign Policy, 1900-1924

Carole Hill, Women and Religion in Medieval Norfolk

Geraint Hughes, Harold Wilson's Cold War: the Labour Government and East-West Relations, 1964-1970

Helen Hyde, Cardinal Bendinello Sauli and church patronage in sixteenth-century Italy

Ian Mortimer, The Dying and the Doctors: The Medical Revolution in Seventeeth-Century England

Paul Readman, Land and Nation in England: Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914

Studies in History First Series volumes

Studies in History Second Series volumes

Style Guide for Authors

Indexing Guide for Authors