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If Shōgun was on your watchlist between Christmas and New Year, here’s the real-world history behind it. When Tokugawa Ieyasu became shōgun, English navigator William Adams helped shape Japan’s early trade with Europe. The result was a shuinjō — a red-sealed trading licence. The original document is held by the Bodleian and is on display now in Treasured. See for yourself on Digital Bodleian: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/70d882bc-a8d6-4741-adbb-8621ed0a73d6/ Shelfmark: Bodleian Libr

Evie Chandler is a Library Assistant here at the Bodleian Libraries and recently she’s taken centre stage with a book display that’s striking all the right chords. Think hearts singing, queues forming, and readers humming show tunes as they pass by. Inspired by the viral success of Rachel Zegler’s West End performance in Evita (in which the Hunger Games star portrays the former First Lady of Argentina, Eva Perón), Evie curated a selection of books from the History Faculty collection with connect