History Today

Sherman Johnson unravels the legends surrounding the author of the shortest and, possibly, earliest of the Gospels in the New Testament.

W. Bruce Lincoln finds that, though at first extremely against the visits, Queen Victoria was much impressed by the Russian Emperor’s dignity, civility and grace.

Jan Read describes Al-Mansur, the honorific name for the leader who restored Moorish power in Spain during the late 10th century.

Niall Ferguson's suggestion that John Maynard Keynes was concerned only with the present doesn't stand up to scrutiny, argues  Paul Lay.

One of the strangest literary figures of his time died on June 17th, 1963.

The suffragette Emily Davison was trampled by the king's horse on 4 June 1913.

The future French empress was born on June 23rd, 1763.

The study of the religious upheavals that took place in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has proved one of the most provocative areas of recent scholarship. Alec Ryrie looks at some of the key works of recent years.

Peering through the pines, a German cycle company of the First World War is captured on camera. Roger Hudson explains.