History Today

Naomi Mitchinson on the complex linguistic legacies of the travelling people.

J.H. Plumb profiles, perhaps, the finest orator to hold the office of British Prime Minister.

F.M. Godfrey sifts through diverse depictions of Italy's Renaissance family.

L.B. Namier investigates the “ever-recurring divergence between fixed ideas and a changing reality”.

Eric Robson looks at the constitutional background - and legacies - of the American Revolution.

Laurence Whistler charts the history of the magnificent seat of the Churchills.

J.J. Bell describes a powerful force of raiders on the early modern Scottish Borders.

Roger Fulford introduces the life and career of 'perhaps the dimmest' British Prime Minister.

W.F. Knapp reappraises a great historian of nineteenth century France.

D.H. Pennington introduces the picturesque Cotswold town.