History Today

Robert Edelman unravels the intriguing tale of the politics behind the rise-and-fall of a crack Red Army football team during the Cold War.

For some in the years 1789-94, the people's drama in Paris was not fast enough at reflecting a world turned upside down. Michele Root-Bernstein looks at what was performed and how revolutionary it really was.

Michael Antonucci discerns Byzantine origins in today's international power politics.

John Hartsock details the rise and fall of noble tolerance of religious freedom in 17th-century Maryland.

Ann Hills on digging up in Switzerland

Leslie Fox and friends find history is sweet in the Belize jungle.

Akbar Ahmed warns that fundamentalism is misappropriating history as sectarianism strengthens in the Indian sub-continent.

Womaniser, courtier, soldier and pioneer royal architect: Charles McKean investigates the rise and fall of a 'Renaissance man' in 16th-century Scotland.