History Today

The late-medieval papal chapel was a powerful jewel in the papal tiara.

The relationship between France, Germany and Britain is at the heart of the European story. Three historical figures embody it.

The origins of globalisation can be found in the deep past.

France’s elite police unit is being compared to the SS – not for the first time.

The ancient origin of sushi, the Japanese dish of humble beginnings that conquered the world.

The promise of exotic thrills in distant lands built up expectations which inevitably collided with a mundane reality in the British Empire.

‘I’d be disappointed if I didn’t meet Emperor Claudius in the afterlife.’

During the Holocaust, one Italian hospital’s invented disease helped save Jews and anti-fascists from the occupying Nazis.

Britain received more Marshall aid than Germany, but spent much of it propping up a delusion. 

A secret communication between Germany and Mexico was exposed on 3 March 1917.