Habsburg Iberia Points West
The 16th century was a time of crisis and change for Portugal’s empire.
History Today
On the Spot: Hannah Dawson
The historian on her love for Mary Wollstonecraft, Locke’s manuscripts and why you should wash your hands.
Beethoven and Napoleon
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was a hero to Beethoven, inspiring a revolutionary symphony. But disillusionment was soon to follow.
Mary Shelley's Life of Learning
Behind the dominating presence of Frankenstein, the richness of Mary Shelley’s life is in danger of being lost.
Was Brutus an Honourable Man?
Marcus Junius Brutus, the man who conspired to kill Julius Caesar, was not quite the friend to his fellow Romans that the legend suggests.
Charlemagne, Muhammad and the Fall of Rome
Henri Pirenne transformed the way historians think about the end of the Classical world and the beginning of the Middle Ages.
The Rehabilitation of Charles I
The myths that surround the ultimately tragic rule of Charles I mask the realities of a courageous and uxorious king who fell foul of a bitter struggle between two sides of English Protestantism.
When Lebanon Ruled The Seas
The Phoenicians were the great maritime traders of the ancient Mediterranean.
Cake News
A lack of historical knowledge is easily exploited in the fractious world of social media.
Iran: Britain’s Cold War Crucible
During the Second World War, Britain and the Soviet Union worked together in oil-rich Iran. Cooperation was to degenerate into suspicion at the dawn of the Cold War.