The History of Emotions: A Student Guide to Methods and Sources

by Katie Barclay

This student guide introduces the key concepts, theories and approaches to the history of emotions while teaching readers how to apply these ideas to historical source material. Covering the main emotions approaches and providing a range of global case studies and historical sources with which to apply learning, this textbook provides a 'how to' guide for those new to the field and for those learning how historians apply methods to source material.

Written in clear and accessible language, each chapter is accompanied by further reading, while surveying many of the main areas of current research and providing ideas for personal research projects and further learning. This methodological guide is ideal for students taking modules on the History of Emotions, or for students on general Historical Skills modules.

Genres: History

176 pages, Paperback

Published September 2, 2020

Reviews

[Leif Hammer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear, concise, and inspiring. Barclay's book is an excellent introduction to the history of emotions and its various concepts. I feel inspired, because I realise that my work has touched upon —at several times— the history of emotions. I have also come to realise it would be possible to incorporate these perspectives into my work and recast my findings, yielding new and interesting perspectives.

[Eyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used for my thesis work, to get a broad understanding of emotional theory as I want to write my thesis about the boundaries of emotion and masculine behavior in the middle ages.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding organization and efficiency. I appreciated the examples of how to use the different methods on specific sources. This is by far the most clear explanation of why this methodology matters and of how to engage with it.

[Matheus e Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing, very helpful to us historians.