Death of Thomas Tallis
One of the first – and greatest – composers of English Protestant church music died on 23 November 1585.
History Today
Are ‘Dark Ages’ Inevitable?
We know less about some periods than others, but the meaning of ‘Dark Age’ is multifarious and often loaded.
Irish Independence and Ulster’s ‘Lost Counties’
In December 1922 a proclamation established the Irish Free State. Among loyalists in three border counties of Ulster, partitioned and cut adrift from unionist jurisdiction, the sense of betrayal was acute.
Chaucer on Trial
Geoffrey Chaucer may have been accused of rape 600 years ago. Do newly discovered documents exonerate him?
Age of Doubt: Saints and Sceptics
The medieval period was a golden age of saints and miracles, but they were met with a healthy dose of scepticism.
‘A Baptism of Blood’
Fighting for the Union in the US Civil War, Welsh soldiers discovered that the cost of assimilation was the loss of their native language.
Renaissance Wonder Women
To Renaissance audiences, the mythical Amazons were exotic, mysterious and revealed hidden truths about their own society.
The ‘Jena Set’
The quiet German town that formed the backdrop for the first German Romantic movement.
On the Spot: Jessey J.C. Choo
‘History is an illusion, as with everything that changes.’
For the Love of Manuscripts
Are people who lived in very different times and places united in their shared love of manuscripts?