Fight On
Why did Asia not have postwar peace?
History Today
A Test Case for Tolerance
Jean Calas was sentenced to be broken on the wheel in front of the cathedral in Toulouse, on 10 March 1762.
Outlaws at War
For Edward I, filling his army with criminals made perfect sense.
No Edens
A level-headed chronicle of the varied impact of climate on our history.
Armenia’s Eleventh Century
Where relations between Armenia and Turkey are concerned, the 11th century never ended.
Is Violence the Answer?
Using violence as a response to racism can both divide and unite communities. This was demonstrated when a riot erupted in the Leeds suburb of Chapeltown on Bonfire Night 1975.
This Flammable Isle
The familiar story of the 17th century told through unfamiliar voices.
The One True Emperor on Earth
As sultan, Süleyman the Magnificent was portrayed as the Shadow of God on Earth, the Caliph of Islam, the Last World Emperor, the distributor of crowns to other rulers and the purveyor of justice.
Literary Heroine
One of Croatia’s most-read authors, Marija Jurić Zagorka spent her life in defiance of convention.
The Birth of Time
March has two of the year’s most important anniversaries: the creation of the world and the creation of time.