Armenia’s Eleventh Century
Where relations between Armenia and Turkey are concerned, the 11th century never ended.
Europe
Discovery Channels
Thousands of Indigenous Americans travelled to Europe – voluntarily or involuntarily – from as early as the 1490s.
Mare Nostrum?
A Mediterranean within the Mediterranean? Exploring the Adriatic as a single historical space.
Minority Report
Who are Europe’s indigenous Muslims?
Building a ‘Mistery’
Often cast as subversive and seditious, despite the interventions of monarchs and governments the guilds of the Middle Ages have endured.
Is Nationalism still Europe’s Dominant Political Ideology?
Four historians consider whether the continent that gave the world the nation state still remains in its thrall.
The End of a European Union
The Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden came to an end on 6 June 1523.
National Gallery: The Alps
The 1,200 square miles of mountains that make up the Alps have been both frontier and a venue for fun.
Europe’s Inner Tensions
Attempts to unify a diverse continent require subtlety and respect.
Refining the Body Beautiful
There is beauty to be had from the smallest of objects. In the 18th century, tweezers, toothpicks and clippers became the signs of a polite, and beautiful, society.