History Today

Paul Dukes introduces a major series on the 1890s.

Robert Garland investigates the ancient origins of the calendar and time-keeping systems of the Western world.

The Hungarian Diet issued its manifesto for independence on 14 April 1849.

Vladimir Batyuk describes how the Gorbachev reforms, and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union, changed Moscow’s view of the world.

Edward Pearce compares the careers of two giants of Fleet Street, A.G. Gardiner and J.L. Garvin.

Alfio Bernabei discovers evidence of a plot to kill the Italian dictator in the early 1930s.

Beginning our new series on the history and development of policing, Clive Emsley sets the scene with a broad discussion of the origins and issues of early policing in Continental Europe.

John Sullivan charts the fortunes of the radical Basque nationalist movement in its attempts to gain independence from Spain.

Douglas Johnson reconsiders the circumstances in which de Gaulle relinquished his position as President of France and his mythic legacy in French history.

Brian Golding looks at life under the Norman Yoke during the consolidating reign of Henry I.