History Today

In 1569, Richard Grafton, an enterprising London printer completed the first attempt to provide a critical history of England. Martin Holmes describes the process.

Theodore Besterman describes everyday life for “the polymorphic chameleon, the omniscient polymath.”

Stephen Usherwood shows how Rembrandt’s genius gives a vivid impression of 17th-century Holland.

Herman Ramm unearths the medieval roots of a Jorvik landmark.

For over 150 years, writes Christopher Duffy, generations of Irish gentry sought service in the armies of the European powers.

In the second century A.D. North Africa played an important role in imperial Roman life

William Seymour takes us on a visit to the New Forest, stretching from Southampton Water to the Wiltshire Avon, and the favourite hunting ground of many English monarchs.

Michael Glover describes how, respectable clergymen were in short supply as chaplains when Samuel Briscall attracted the Duke of Wellington’s notice.

John R. Fisher describes how, in 1780, a descendant of the Incas launched a revolt against the Spanish Empire in Peru. 

2000 years ago, a Roman Governor of Judaea made a decision that has lent his name to posterity.