History Today

A reflection on the life of one of the most colourful Habsburg rulers the 'Last Knight', Maximilian.

Andrew Wheatcroft examines how an 18th-century succession crisis unlocks a tale of dynastic obsession and myth-history in Austria's first family.

Peter Atkins and Paul Brassley uncover alarming 19th-century precedents for the ‘mad cow’ fiasco.

Graham Shipley meets the dead in a Greek cemetery - an oasis of classicism in modern Athens.

Gerd Horten on how 'soaps' helped win the war after Pearl Harbor.

Bernard Porter argues that the 'End of Empire' unravelled British domestic politics as well as her international outlook.

Archaeology dig in Israel causes reassessment of ancient Middle East

Clive Coultass recounts tales of derring-do and chivalry in the making of this Second World War naval epic

Peter Coates looks at how environmental history is pushing its way up the agenda.