History Today

Gabriel Fawcett investigates how the Germans commemorate the losses they sustained in the First and Second World Wars.

Jeremy Black calls for a more wide-ranging, inclusive approach to the history of warfare.

Samantha Mattila reports on the discovery of valuable new additions to Sydney’s rock art.

Nicholas J. Saunders explores the ways in which humans make art from objects of death, in conflicts spanning the Napoleonic to Bosnian Wars.

Russell Chamberlin examines the origins and development of Europe’s persistent vision of unity from the birth of the Holy Roman Empire to its fall.

Corinne Atkins examines the events in Iraq in the 7th century AD, which precipitated the first and only great division of Islam, the ramifications of which are seen today in Iraq and more widely.

Anthony Cross describes the introduction of British games to Russia.

The Russian socialist movement divided on November 16th, 1903.

David Johnson describes the infamous Marriage Act of 1753, which made marriage a tightly-regulated institution governed by church and state.