Europe

Russel Tarr outlines what was at issue in the clash between Catholics and Protestants.

In his latest article about today’s historians, Daniel Snowman meets the creator of some of the finest TV history programmes, including Auschwitz, currently being shown on BBC2.

Jonathan Lewis takes issue with a common interpretation.

Richard Evans has written two articles for History Review explaining how a modern, progressive country surrendered to a brutal and murderous dictatorship. In the first, he traces Hitler's rise to the Chancellorship.

The only Englishman ever to be Pope, Nicholas Breakspear was elected on December 4th, 1154.

Richard Wilkinson examines the examiner’s agenda and advises accordingly.

Pauline Croft analyses the causes and traces the consequences of a momentous Treaty.

Philip Pedley sees fateful flaws in a famous agreement.

F.J. Stapleton stresses that we need to apply as well as understand historiography to assess the impact of the Sondwerg Theory on German Kaiserrich Historiography.

Richard Hodges shows how new evidence is leading to a fresh understanding of the role of the Vikings in European history.