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During the disturbed tenth century in Western Europe, royal power held its ground and extended its authority only in Germany-whence the Emperor Otto III sallied into Italy with the purpose of reviving Roman classical tradition and combining it with the dream of a Christian Commonwealth under imperial aegis. By J.B. Morrall. Published January 14 2011
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Britain's connections with Chile date from her War of Independence, and were powerfully re-inforced by a Victorian company-promoter in the City of London. Published October 19 2010
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J.H. Plumb comments on how the famous historian of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon, sought a detached and truthful past, free from preconception or the idea of inherent purpose. Published September 20 2010
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At the beginning of the ninth century, Charlemagne—already the master of Western Europe—was crowned by a calculating Pope as the supreme sovereign of the Christian world. Peter Munz asks what the real significance of his new title really was? Published August 25 2010
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Bernard Lewis writes that the fall of Constantinople in was no “victory of barbarism, but rather of another and not undistinguished civilization.” First published in History Today magazine, October 1953, historiographically analysed by Roger Crowley in the October 2010 issue. Published July 21 2010
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Maurice Keen chronicles a set of 15th century letters - the product of everyday communication between English gentry and officialdom - and suggests how their contents may change the reader's views of the late middle ages. Helen Castor offered her own contemporary historiographical account in 2010. Published June 14 2010
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Published May 12 2010
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Michael Crowder reviews a biography of Brendan Bracken, Churchill's 'sole supporter' and founder of History Today. Published July 31 2008
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The Church of King’s Langley, Hertfordshire, contains a richly decorated tomb. Was it destined to be Richard II’s? by the Rt. Hon. J Enoch Powell MP.
Published April 3 2008
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Index of all the articles published in Volume: 21 Published March 7 2008
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Index of all the articles published in Volume: 22 Published March 5 2008
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Index of all the articles published in Volume: 23 Published February 28 2008
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