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Articles in July 2005 issue of History Today

• The Watch on the Heath: Science and Religion before Darwin.(book)(Book Review)
  by Fara, Patricia
• European Navigator (ENA).(review of www.ena.lu)(database of the history of Europe, concurrent from 1945)
  by Bowers, Tom
• Nye Bevan, black marketeer; Mark Roodhouse finds a dark secret in one of the champions of the 1945 Labour landslide.(FRONTLINE)
  by Roodhouse, Mark
• Quoits.(LETTERS)(game)(history)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Elias, Andrew
• Durham's big meeting: the twentieth anniversary this month of the 1985 Durham Miner's Gala, the first to be held after the end of the miners' strike of 1984-85, will be a time for reflection and pride. Hester Barron considers the history and social meanin
  by Barron, Hester
• Hands across the water.(FRONTLINE)('Nelson & Napoleon' exhibition)
  by Furtado, Peter
• Thomas Rainborowe (d.1648) Radical Army Officer.(COMMONS SENSE)(History of Parliament: 1640-60 House of Commons, darft article by Stephen Roberts)(History of Parliament project)(Excerpt)
• The Quest for the Shaman: Shape-Shifters, Sorcerers and Spirit-Healers of Ancient Europe.(book)(Book Review)
  by Hutton, Ronald
• Douglas Johnson.(FRONTLINE)(Obituary)
  by Evans, Martin
• Jolly Rodger: the journey that led N.A.M. Rodger from a schoolboy passion for warships to his becoming the historian of the British Navy took some unexpected turns. He regrets none of them.(POINT OF DEPARTURE)(Naval History of Britain author)(Biography)
  by Rodger, N.A.M.
• Ruth Ellis executed: July 13th, 1955.(MONTHS PAST)(last woman hanged for murder in Britain)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Death of Titus Oates: July 13th, 1705.(MONTHS PAST)(Popish Plot panic of 1679)(Biography)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Other July anniversaries.(historical events and occassions)(Calendar)
• General Braddock defeated: July 9thh, 1755.(MONTHS PAST)(French and Indian War, 1754-1763)(Biography)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Painting, propaganda and patriotism: David Welch looks at the way that public art was used in both France and Britain to celebrate Napoleon and Nelson as national heroes, during their lifetimes and after.(Cover Story)
  by Welch, David
• Norman Davies: Daniel Snowman meets the historian of Poland, Europe and 'The Isles'.(TODAY'S HISTORY)(White Eagle, Red Star)(God's Playground)(Heart of Europe)(Europe: A History)(The road to The Isles)(In Microcosm)(books)(Biography)
  by Snowman, Daniel
• Nelson: admirable lord: Colin White uncovers a more complex and liberal side to Nelson than was previously appreciated.(National Maritime and Royal Naval Museums, the Nelson Letters Project)
  by White, Colin
• Napoleon's last journey: Christopher Woodward considers the continuing power exerted by Napoleon on the French and British during his exile on St Helena up till, and beyond, his death.
  by Woodward, Christopher
• The Complete World of Human Evolution.(book)(Book Review)
  by Underdown, Simon
• Napoleon: a classic dictator? Laurent Joffrin looks at the paradoxes surrounding a man who has fascinated the French for two hundred years.
  by Joffrin, Laurent
• Jamaica.(LETTERS)(commentary on "Cromwell and the Conquest of Jamaica" article, May 2005)(author's reply)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Baubmer, Michael; Robertson, Michael
• Shopping for Britain: Maxine Berg looks at the commercial battle to dominate Europe that ran alongside the wars with France, and the product revolution that gave Britain the edge in this field.
  by Berg, Maxine
• Nelson & Napoleon: Claire Warrior, of the National Maritime Museum, previews the themes of the exhibition opening on July 7th.(CROSS CURRENT)(200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar)(Critical Essay)
  by Warrior, Claire
• First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea.(book)(Book Review)
  by Palaima, Tom
• Remember, remember, the fifth of November: David Prior of the Parliamentary Archives explains why we should be thinking about the Gunpowder Plot unseasonably early, this year.(FRONTLINE)(The Gunpowder Plot: Parliament and Treason 1605)(exhibition)(histori
  by Prior, David
• History in the media.(FRONTLINE)(Calendar)
• The London History Experience: Peter Furtado introduces a history-lovers' festival with a difference.(FRONTLINE)
  by Furtado, Peter
• La route des abolitionnistes: Eastern France honours fighters against black slavery; Graham Gendall Norton travels in search of those who fought for the rights of all.(historical trail observing the abolution of slavery in the French Empire)
  by Norton, Graham Gendall
• We'll meet again? History Today readers select the greatest political cartoon of all time.(FRONTLINE)(Brief Article)
• Armenian Genocide.(LETTERS)(response to article "Rethinking Armenian Genocide," June 2005)(author's reply)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Fox, John P.; Bloxham, Donald