History Today

The Great Cat Massacre

In Paris in the 1730s, a group of printing apprentices tortured and ritually killed all the cats they could find. What does this macabre story tell us about the culture and society of eighteenth-century France?

William of Orange 1533-1584

Juliet Gardiner introduces a series of articles commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of the count of Nassau who led the rebellion of the Netherlands.

Forum: T. P. Wiseman

T.P. Wiseman applauds those historians who restlessly question orthodoxies and received facts.

The Resistance in France

The activities and success of the Resistance movement in France from 1940-1944 is examined by Roderick Kedward.