Political

‘Trade follows the flag’ is a truism of imperial expansion but in the 1680s it was the other way round, as the East India Company attempted to challenge the might of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

The hubris of Louis XI's Constable produced his nemesis against a background of incipient French nationalism and a growing royal sense of 'majesty'.

The symbols, slogans, ideas and architecture of the Founding Fathers were saturated in the world of Ancient Greece and Rome.

A look back over a century of The English Historical Review.

Bernard Porter looks into Britain’s line over terrorism during the nineteenth century.

Gerald Kennedy shows how a fear of revolution and the growing strength of organised labour created tensions in Britain after the end of the First World War. Men such as 'Woodbine Willie' attempted to defuse the situation by preaching the gospel of 'Christian Socialism' at mass meetings across the country.

A study of two magnates of the 12th century at the time of Stephen.

Alan Sked looks at the sensational leaking of Austrian military secrets to Russia on the eve of the First World War.

Helen Graham on the political coalitions in Spain in the 1930s and their role in blocking Fascism.

Paul Preston follows the unsettled road leading to the clash between the Republicans and Nationalists.