Cultural

Elizabeth Manning looks at how an Enlightenment ruler enlisted opera in his struggle to homogenise and reinforce the Habsburg empire.

The debate over the role of women in the Anglican church continues to rage in the UK. A historical look at the role of women in Christianity is presented.

Merlin Waterson looks at how the newly-independent Estonia is recovering its heritage.

Kenneth Asch on Berlin's opera house, the Deutsche Staatsoper.

Highbrow or lowbrow? James Gilbert looks at the competing visions of American civilisation on offer at Chicago's fin de siécle Exposition of 1893.

Ian Bradley looks at what qualified as family favourites in the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Ann Hills evaluates the recently-opened island museum.

Keith Nurse explores the excavations of recently-discovered Roman remains

Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland celebrates its 400th anniversary in 1992. John McGurk discusses the history of the college, set up for the cultivation of virtue and religion.

Peter Burke looks at how images and the image-makers made the Sun King appear as the larger-than-life 'top ruler' of 17th-century Europe.