Volume: 57 Issue: 12
Contents of History Today, December 2007 |
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In the years before the English Civil War, ecclesiastical architecture became a subject of powerful conflict between the rival wings of the Church. Edward Swift,... |
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A century ago international anarchists were causing public outrage and panic with their terror tactics. Matt Carr considers the parallels with al-Qaeda today.... |
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Dietrich Karsten was a Protestant pastor who opposed the Nazi regime in the 1930s but died for Hitler as a soldier in the war. His granddaughter, Lena Karsten,... |
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Charlotte Crow describes how a recent visit to India on the 150th anniversary of the Indian Mutiny became a flashpoint for Indians and Britons over the... |
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Alison Barnes explains our special fondness for the Christmas legend. |
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Carola Hicks takes a seasonal look at the stained glass of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, the subject of her new book. |
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Simon Goldhill explains how he came to be hooked on Greek tragedy at an early age – and has stayed hooked. |
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Clive Foss introduces the Kharijites, a radical sect from the first century of Islam based in southern Iraq and Iran, who adopted an extreme interpretation of the... |
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On December 12th, 1907, Lenin fled Russia for a second time. |
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Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits the Big Apple in search of its blossoming. |
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Two major museums open new permanent galleries this month, offering new light on our past. |
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December 31st, 1857 |
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In the late 18th century, a French invasion force marched into Portugal. Napoleon was insisting that Portugal must close its ports to British shipping. When it... |
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Captain Crispin Swayne describes his work on major feature films as a historical and military adviser, and what he hopes to achieve. |
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The man who wrote the words of 'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing', 'Love Divine, All Loves Excelling' and hundreds of other much-loved hymns was born on December 18th... |
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Continuing his series on how cartoonists have seen events great and small, Mark Bryant looks at the first political cartoon – and one of the most influential ever... |
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The story of the British anti-slavery and abolitionist movements has been dominated by the figures of Clarkson and Wilberforce. Yet, the success of the Slave Trade... |
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Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits an annual festival of North American history and culture. |
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Bystanders, victims and perpetrators: the tripartite categorization has become a cliché of historical analysis of the horrors of the past. |
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Martin Evans recalls the ‘third way’ of Cold War international politics, now all but forgotten. |
