Oskar PykeThe Sophists and the Origins of Moral RelativismCursory reflections on the sophist schoolJan 22, 20191Jan 22, 20191
Oskar PykeAre political or social explanations for the outbreak of the French revolution more convincing?Not even the most determined despot can enact policies which are totally at variance with his people’s wishes. For this reason, I am…Dec 25, 2018Dec 25, 2018
Oskar PykeWhat was the nature of the political forces that were opposed to the Orleanist monarchy in 1848?What was the nature of the political forces that were opposed to the Orleanist monarchy in 1848?Dec 25, 2018Dec 25, 2018
Oskar PykeHow did Britain justify its colonial empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?The British Empire expanded under the banner of many causes in this period. Initially, Christianisation had been the non-commercial…Dec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
Oskar PykeRadical Liberal opposition to Empire in 18th century BritainBritain once boasted many anti-imperialist firebrands. These came in many stripes: liberals and socialists alike lambasted the evils of…Dec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
Oskar PykeWhat were the dominant virtues and values in the Victorian period and how have historians…What were the dominant virtues and values in the Victorian period and how have historians challenged their alleged ubiquity?Dec 24, 20181Dec 24, 20181
Oskar PykeCauses and consequences of Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War.DiplomacyDec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
Oskar PykeTo what extent and why did the sixteenth century see the ‘taming’ of the aristocracy by the crown?The power of 16th century English nobility waxed and waned episodically. There were episodes where the Crown successfully ‘tamed’ the…Dec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
Oskar PykeTo what extent can the reign of Nicholas I be described as a “political deep freeze”?Many aspects of Nicholas I’s reign point to it having been a ‘political deep freeze’. Primarily these aspects are found in his bureaucratic…Dec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
Oskar PykeDid ‘Bastard Feudalism’ make for stability or disorder in fifteenth-century England?Did ‘Bastard Feudalism’ make for stability or disorder in fifteenth-century England?Dec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
