History Today

Russian history through western correspondents.

A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.

Few figures from the Age of Revolutions can match the achievements of Toussaint Louverture.

Contradictions in Roman law left incurable headaches for its judges.

Medieval inscriptions can tell us far more than just what is written on them.

Lockdown has reacquainted us with boredom.

Ravenna between Constantinople and Charlemagne.

A focus on Cork’s female descendants.

‘There’s always someone missing from the story.’

Svengali appeared as a character in Trilby, released as a book in the US on 8 September 1894.