Volume: 49 Issue: 1

When Umbria suffered an extended earthquake sixteen months ago, international attention was particularly focused on Assisi where unique ceiling paintings by Giotto,...

David Nash explores the movement for moral education that attracted quite a following at the turn of the century, and draws some parallels with today's emphasis on...

January 16th, 1749: Birth of the man who stole Bonnie Prince Charlie's wife.

Pamela Tudor-Craig describes the origins of her fascination with the Middle Ages and the moment which decided her path as a Medievalist

Stuart Woolf outlines the ambiguous but deep and intense relationship between Britain and the Continent

Girolamo Cardano was one of the great renaissance polymaths in the tradition of Leonardo. Allan Ashworth explains the significance of his key mathematical work.

January 6th, 1899

The 20th century has seen the destruction of several art collections in Hungary by the SS and, later, the Red Army.

Derek Wilson argues the merits of the historical novel as a valid and enjoyable means of fuelling interest in the past

Christopher Hill describes the diplomatic and public relations disputes that surrounded the Olympic Games in the Cold War

January 15th, 1549: Cramner's prayer book published, abolishing the Latin mass in England.

Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for...