Edward IV and the Alchemists
Jonathan Hughes looks at the significance, in alchemical terms, of this reign, and what the King himself made of alchemical prophecy.
Medieval
Intimacy and Painting in Ming China
Craig Clunas considers what we can learn of the society of Ming China by looking at how paintings were used as gifts.
Louis the Pious and the Medieval Euro
Though the European single currency may seem modern, its roots go back to the 9th-century Christiana religio coins of Louis the Pious.
The Medieval World
Patrick Nold samples a new volume on all facets of the medieval world.
Portolan Charts
Richard Pflederer evaluates a vital tool of the age of discovery.
The Search for John Tresilian, Master Smith to Edward IV
Jane Geddes investigates the remarkable ironwork of the gates of the tomb of Edward IV, and considers what they can tell us about 15th-century craft and culture.
The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought
Janet L. Nelson reviews the joint winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year award.
Henry VIII's Early Foreign Policy, 1509-29
Jez Ross takes issue with the traditional view that sees the early foreign policy of the second Tudor monarch as a costly failure.
Innovation and Design in Tudor and Stuart Britain
John Styles marks the opening of the new British Galleries at the V&A with a look at influences and innovations during a dynamic period of design history.
Child’s Play in Medieval England
Phillipe Ariès once argued that childhood did not exist in the Middle Ages. The survival of toys and depictions of games in medieval manuscripts prove otherwise.