Volume 47 Issue 3 March 1997

The French king and contemporary of Henry VIII died on March 31st, 1547.

Nigel Saul sets the scene for our major new series on the crusades of the eleventh century.

Andrew Roberts defends Britain's war hero against his detractors, in our Longman/History Today Awards Lecture.

Paul Doolan looks at the continuing controversy over Dutch 'police operations' post-1945 in Indonesia.

Richard Cavendish explores the circumstances surrounding the election of Tommaso Parentucelli as Pope, on March 6th, 1447.

Richard Cavendish on the life of the writer and connoisseur.