History Today

David Hopkinson introduces a liberal-minded Victorian poet, seriously concerned with the effects of education.

The Renaissance in Italy, writes Alan Haynes, was enhanced by the arrival of scholars from Byzantium towards the end of the fourteenth century.

M.L. Clarke profiles an enterprising governor in the education of Louis Philippe for eight years, until 1790.

The royal splendour of Versailles, writes Andrew Trout, was matched by the parades and fireworks of the capital.

Washington and Jefferson, writes Myrene Salmon, were both impressed by the French architect’s plans for a new capital city.

On the centenary of his birth, Martin Evans looks at the evolving legacy of the Algerian-born French writer Albert Camus

Roger Hudson expands on a photograph of an Edwardian excursion to the sites at Giza around 1910.

Though they are often seen as polar opposites,the architect of modern Germany and the great British Liberal statesman shared more in common than one might think. Roland Quinault draws comparisons.

Buildings like the Shard may look like heralds of the future, but they are part of a long history of idealistic urban planning, says Alexander Lee.

Nicholas Henshall examines the politics of aristocratic culture in Europe between 1650 and 1750.