History Today

Michael Camille shows how the marginal illustrations of a 14th-century psalter became some of our most familiar images of everyday life in medieval England.

Peter Monteach comments on German historian Christian Gerlach's study of Adolf Hitler's announcement of his "decision in principle" to murder all of Europe's Jews on Dec 12, 1941.

John W. Mason gives the historical background to this month's elections in Slovakia.

New ownership plans for History Today.

The short-lived settlement was signed on September 30th, 1938.

The 'dragon lady' seized control on September 21st, 1898.

A new military technology was used by Britain in the massacre of the army of Sudanese Dervishes, near Omdurman on 2 September 1898.

The American Civil War provided commercial opportunities for the sailors and industrialists of Glasgow, not all of them in line with official government policy. Alistair Goldsmith reviews the ways in which the authorities kept an eye on what was going on.

August 3rd 1948

John Adler explores the changing interpretations of Shakespeare’s history plays on stage - from Garrick to the new Globe.