History Today

Banker, economist, editor and critic, Bagehot “was the antithesis of the grand Victorian man of letters.”

For 444 years Goa has been ruled by the Portuguese; today their rule is challenged by the Republic of India. By C.R. Boxer.

In 1453 the Duke of Burgundy and his knights dramatically pledged themselves to crusade against the Turkhut with many face-saving qualifications. By Dorothy Margaret Stuart.

Lord Kinross unearths the problematic modern history of Cyprus.

John Carswell analyses some of the foremost political actors in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Only by a trick of fate in 1683, finds J.H.M. Salmon,  were Charles II and his brother preserved from an ambush that might have put an end to monarchy in England.

Felix W. Crosse assesses the life and legacy of Duke Charles of Brunswick.

Sir Lewis Namier examines the British Parliamentary groupings of the country gentlemen and their reactions to the movements of public opinion during the years 1750-1783.

Just over a thousand years ago Chinese printers completed the publication of the Confucian Classics—an event as important in the history of civilization as the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. By Adrian L. Julian.

C.R. Boxer examines the travels and writings of Robert Knox in a 17th century Buddhist kingdom.