History Today

In the Middle Ages the 'Jewel of the Adriatic' occupied an important place in the intellectual and economic life of Europe.

Nineteenth-century Argentina and the United States shared similar frontier problems, but Argentina had both a northern and southern frontier to defend against Indians.

Scotland was a much more disciplined society in the years before the Industrial Revolution than has usually been supported, as Lenman and Parker, the authors of the first of these two articles on 'Crime in Britain 1500-1800' show.

Shula Marks examines the abundant archaeological evidence, much of it recently gathered, for the widespread settlement of South Africa before 1488 when Portuguese sailors first reached the Cape.

Inspired by the myth of Prince Madoc who was believed to have discovered America before Columbus. Welshmen sought to establish 'Gwladfa' a national home for their people in the new land and sought contact with the Mandan Indians who were said to be Welsh-speaking.

Baron von Mildenstein and the S.S. support of Zionism in Germany from 1934-1936.

Picture postcards may seem a commonplace means of communication, but, when they first came into use, they caused a revolution in people’s writing habits. T.J. Brady writes how they led to the creation of a considerable industry and became the subject of a collecting craze almost unparallelled.

Charles Seltman presents the discovery and patronage of Herculaneum as a classical drama.

Bryan Little pays an architectural visit to the famous city on the Avon.

C.V. Wedgwood challenges the accepted view of Charles I's fated minister, Thomas Wentworth.