Volume: 47 Issue: 4
Contents of History Today, April 1997 |
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Alexander Bely looks at the potent mix of history and politics in the defining national identity in a new 'White Russia' - the post-Soviet Union State of Belarus... |
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Gordon Marsden looks at how a Passion portrayal by one of the Middle Ages' most enigmatic painters, unlocks the door to the intense world of late medieval... |
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The decisive victory for the Holy Roman Empire was won on April 24th, 1547. |
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Richard Cavendish unravels Crimean and other military links at Deene Park in Northamptonshire. |
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We publish below the winning entry of the 1997 Longman/History Today Essay Prize, answering the question: 'Is 1990s history still too much his-tory and not enough... |
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Onward Christian Socialists? Mark Bevir takes a timely look at a little-known phenomenon that was part of turn-of-the-century radicalism in Britain. |
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Robert Irwin on how Islam saw the Christian invaders. |
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April 15th, 1797 |
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In the first of our mini-series on the Nazis and social culture, Lisa Pine looks at how lessons in the classroom were perverted in the service of the Third Reich... |
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John France recounts the against-the-odds narrative of the capture of the Holy City by the forces of the First Crusade. |
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto takes up the cudgels for historical accuracy. |
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Dresden was carpet-bombed by the allied forces over two nights in February 1945. Anthony Clayton on how the aftermath of war has tested belief in the city. |
