History Review

Robert Pearce asks why Louis-Philippe's 'July Monarchy' was overthrown.

Carl Peter Watts estimates the importance of the different reasons for British withdrawal.

Michael Mullett shows that key Protestant reformers were influenced by Erasmus's Christian Humanism, as well as by Luther's theology.

Russ Foster asks whether the legend of the heroic king is simply too good to be true.

Jez Ross corrects misunderstandings about the origins and significance of disturbances in 1549.

Chris Corin ressurects the life of a Soviet survivor whose remarkable and significant career deserves to be better known.

Robert Pearce asks whether Britain benefited from the 1853-56 contest.

Andrew Boxer demonstrates the ways in which external events affected the struggles of African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.

D.R. Thorpe, Macmillan's new biographer, evokes the memory of 'Supermac'.

Ben Sandell examines the origins, influence and significance of a group of often misunderstood radicals.