Battles and Hastings
The editor of the Evening Standard reflects on the romantic roots of his interest in history.
Medieval
The Great Household in Late Medieval England
Nigel Saul reviews a work by C. M. Woolgar
The Death of Alexander II of Scots
Alexander II died on July 8th, 1249, aged fifty. His reign was often later remembered in Scotland as a golden age.
Menage a Roi: Edward II and Piers Gaveston
J.S. Hamilton weighs the evidence and concludes that Edward II and his notorious favourite were more than just good friends.
The War Games of Central Italy
Raymond E Role explores the evolution of the intramural games that began in the Middle Ages and still flourish in Italy today.
Scissors or Sword? The Symbolism of a Medieval Haircut
Simon Coates explores the symbolic meanings attached to hair in the early medieval West, and how it served to denote differences in age, sex, ethnicity and status.
Portrait of Britain: AD 1100
Brian Golding looks at life under the Norman Yoke during the consolidating reign of Henry I.
Educating the Aristocracy in Late Medieval England
Jonathan Hughes describes how the new classical-inspired education given to young members of the aristocracy in the fifteenth century laid the foundations for future English ideas of education, empire and public service.
The Great Palace of Byzantium
Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople.