History Today

Why do modern Britons still find it so hard to acknowledge their revolutionary past?

The newspaper was born when publishers in Protestant lands began to produce printed versions of the hand-written bulletins that had provided news for Europe’s elites. It was to prove a difficult birth, as Andrew Pettegree explains.

The Japanese ruler was laid to rest on February 24th, 1989.

The playwright was baptised on February 26th, 1564.

Having conquered England, the Viking king died after a fall from his horse on February 3rd, 1014.

Adopting the guise of a man was a path to influence for medieval women. It could be a dangerous one, too.

The elites of ancient Rome transformed the nature of hunting.

As interest in the Protector grows, the axe hangs over his former school.

Studying the 17th century reveals a lot about modern conceptions of toleration.

On March 8th, 1894, Lord Rosebery took office as Prime Minister. John Raymond describes his fifteen difficult months in power.