The Historian 2015

Contents.

Editorial…………………………………………………………………… p.2

1066 and All That Jonathan Wolstenholme…………………………………………………… p.4

2100 th Anniversary of the birth of Sallust: the Great Historiographer. Ed Olsen…………………………………………………………………… p.7

800 th Anniversary of the Magna Carta: Should it be so highly esteemed? Barnaby Cullen…………………………………………………………… p.11

200 th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Tom Gardner……………………………………………………………… p.15

70 th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War: Why is it commemorated? Rollo Collins……………………………………………………………….. p.22

50 th Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s death. Tohid Ismail………………………………………………………………. p.26

50 th Anniversary of Selma, 1965: Defining Democracy. Marcus K ö ttering…………………………………………………………. p.29

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