Europe's Second Thirty Years War
Ian Kershaw sees 1945 as a real watershed in Europe’s history of the last century.
Ian Kershaw sees 1945 as a real watershed in Europe’s history of the last century.
Seán Lang tells of the Dufferin Fund, an aristocratic initiative supported by Queen Victoria to improve medical conditions, particularly in childbirth, for Indian women in the late 19th century.
Colin Seymour-Ure commends a unique record of World War II.
September 19th, 1905
Roland Quinault finds alarming parallels for the recent London bomb attacks in the 1880s.
Rachel Sieder considers the role of ‘memory politics’ in Guatemala’s uncertain path to democracy as government and society attempt to come to terms with the brutality of the counter-insurgency war.
Andrew Fisher asks who William Wallace really was, and why he has become an icon of Scottish resistance to the English.
Following his re-election in 1952, Juan Peron was overthrown on September 19th, 1955.
Bartholomew's Fair, which dates back to the 12th century, was held for the last time on September 3rd, 1855.