History Today

An unprecedented force of 86,000 men fought against Hannibal’s Carthaginian army on 2 August 216 BC.

Modern naval intelligence, from the 19th century to the Cold War. 

How has The Beano’s Dennis the Menace survived the rise of television, increased cultural consumption and the digital age? 

Will current crises make it possible to study the ‘uniquely evil’ Third Reich as if it were just another period of the past?

Was the fall of Tenochtitlan the result of an Aztec civil war or Spanish invasion? The events of 1521 are in desperate need of reappraisal.

Confronting Martin Luther’s ugly side.

Atahualpa, the last true emperor of the Incas, was killed on 26 July 1533.

Technology affects Chaucer‘s telling of the Miller’s Tale.

Amílcar Cabral, global figure in anticolonialism.

The recently discovered chronicle of an opinionated, elderly aristocrat provides a vivid portrayal of Paris during the most febrile days of the French Revolution.