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Articles in January 2002 issue of History Today

• The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s. (Reviews).
  by Haigh, Christopher
• Was Socrates a democrat? Melissa Lane looks at the reputation of Socrates, both at the time of his death and in subsequent debates about democracy.
  by Lane, Melissa
• Evidence to the contrary. (Letters).
• 1901 census online. (Frontline).(England and Wales)(Brief Article)
  by Brennand, Margaret
• The Practice of History. (Frontline). (book review)
  by Evans, Richard J.
• Obituaries.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• The Invention of the Countryside. (Reviews).
  by Scruton, Roger
• Destroyers and preservers: big game in the Victorian empire: continuing our history and the environment series, Harriet Ritvo looks at the role of big-game hunting in spreading awareness of the need for conservation.
  by Ritvo, Harriet
• Anglo-Japanese treaty of alliance: January 30th, 1902. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• The Great War, 1914-1918. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
  by Rubinstein, William D.
• Southern Lebanon's archaeology. (Frontline).
  by Young, Penny
• The beginnings of Buddhism: Ian Mabbett considers how Buddhism, while preaching the rejection of societys, simultaneously became a popular religion.
  by Mabbett, Ian
• Death of Emperor Otto III: January 23rd, 1002. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Sterling identities: David Blaazer traces images of the union and rival nationalisms on the paper money of the British Isles.
  by Blaazer, David
• The `homelie herbe': Vivienne Crawford examines the medicinal history of cannabis in Britain. (Today's History).
  by Crawford, Vivienne
• Death of Louis Braille: January 6th, 1852. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• The Jerwood Library of Performing Arts. (Frontline).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Silvester-Carr, Denise
• Round and about: January 2002.
• Lyndal Roper: Daniel Snowman meets the historian of witches and witchcraft in Early Modern Europe. (Today's History).
  by Snowman, Daniel
• Cover up.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Chivers, Mike
• The Soviet Air Force versus the Luftwaffe: A.D.Harvey assesses the role of the Soviet Air Force in the defeat of Nazism.
  by Harvey, A.D.
• The Full Monty. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Horne, Alistair
• Treason by the Book. (Reviews).
  by Bickers, Robert
• Port Arthur revisited. (Frontline).(Russo-Japanese War)(Brief Article)
  by Connaughton, Richard
• Europe's national currencies: Jonathan Williams and Andrew Meadows review the history of the various currencies being replaced by the Euro.
  by Meadows, Andrew
• Peddling the past: Adam Hart-Davis found history an uphill struggle, until he bought a bicycle ... (Point Of Departure).
  by Hart-Davis, Adam
• Jack the Ripper. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
• Other January anniversaries.(Brief Article)
• Forgotten Victory. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
  by Rubinstein, William D.
• History in the media. (Frontline).(Brief Article)
• The clothed body in the ancient world. (Coming Conference).(Brief Article)
  by Harlow, Mary
• The Blair government in historical perspective: in his recent Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture to the Rqwoyal Historical Society, Peter Hennessy analyses the power relationships within new labour. (Cross Current).(Peter Hennessy address)(Transcript)