Abstract
In introducing this issue of the journal — our 250th — we feel the presence of our predecessors. Past and Present is not overly concerned with its own past, but its editors have, at key moments, reflected on the founding principles of the journal and their persistence over the decades. In 1983, to mark the 100th edition, three of the founding editors, Christopher Hill, Rodney Hilton and Eric Hobsbawm, offered their thoughts on the origins of the journal and its scholarly ambitions, followed by an article by Jacques Le Goff covering the later years. In 2002, to mark our fiftieth anniversary, Lyndal Roper and Chris Wickham remarked on how little the journal’s mission had changed during the preceding half-century. Eighteen years later we see little reason to disagree. Past and Present was founded as a generalist journal, covering all periods of history, from the ancient to the contemporary,...
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