On the Wrong Side of History
A celebrated novelist and tireless social reformer, Mary Ward has been all but forgotten because of her support for the anti-suffrage movement.
History Today
Illuminating Conspiracy
Demonology is a long-established if little known political tradition in the United States.
Trust in Change
Historians and curators in heritage organisations, such as the National Trust, do not invent the past, they uncover it.
The Goths Take Rome
The distinction between centre and periphery was vital to the Roman Empire’s conception of itself. For centuries a rugged frontier, the land north of the Danube would produce one of Rome’s greatest foes.
Medicine Woman
Despite her fragile health and the chauvinism of the time, Susan Anderson brought compassion and competence to the medical profession in a still wild West.
The Crown Lost at Sea
The sinking of the White Ship, a vessel carrying the English king Henry I’s sole heir, was a disaster from which anarchy would follow.
Interspecies Violence
Chronicling an abusive relationship between people and the animals we have hunted, imprisoned and eaten.
A Lost City in the North Caucasus
The identification of Magas, capital of the medieval Kingdom of Alania, reveals a civilisation forged by global interconnections.
Pigs Might Try
Putting a pig on trial appears to defy logic, but in medieval France it gave rural folk the illusion of order in a frightening world.
Was there a Women’s Renaissance?
We ask four historians whether the great advances of the Renaissance were extended to women.