Online Reviews
This online reviews section will be updated each quarter, to coincide with the appearance of the journal, and a list of books reviewed will be printed in each issue.
Hugo Javier Freitas
Laura Yeoman
Why BALH?
Where did your ancestors live?
It is impossible to trace the history of one’s family without considering where they lived. Local history societies and one-place study groups have researched and published content that will allow you to place the lives of your ancestors in the context of their local communities, villages, towns and cities as well as some of the key socio-economic factors that lay behind their development. They often use the same sources as family historians, and can help provide an alternative interpretation of a document or suggest new resources to help your research.
Nick Barratt, Historian and Author
Meet the team
Daniella Gonzalez
Daniella is a medievalist specialising in political discourse, language, and civic life in pre-modern London. She is currently developing her PhD research into a monograph while working as a Project Archivist at the University of Kent’s Special Collections & Archives and pursuing an archive qualification at Aberystwyth University. With experience in libraries and archives, she has engaged audiences with local history through workshops, digital outreach, and freelance cataloguing. A former BALH Social Media Fellow, she is passionate about making local history accessible. She is also involved with ARA, the Royal Historical Society, and the London Medieval Society.
Daniella Gonzalez, Trustee
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