France 1789: A Bankrupt Regime
In the world today, a nation's financial collapse can threaten its political and social stability. It was the same in France in 1789, explains Peter Burley.
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Edward Aetheling: Anglo-Saxon England's Last Hope
Gabriel Ronay traces the story of the 'forgotten' rightful heir to the throne of England – who could, perhaps, have saved Anglo-Saxon England from a Norman invasion in 1066.
Ireland Under the Union
Alan Heesom discusses 19th-century politics either side of the Irish Sea.
Faction in Later Stuart England, 1660-1714
At the start of the reign of Charles II, government was the King's business and factions contested for the monarch's ear. The constitutional changes in later Stuart England added a new, parliamentary dimension to faction. But it did not disappear.
International Economic Co-operation After 1945
As Robert Lowe Hall, Lord Roberthall was the first British representative on the Economic and Employment Commission. In April 1947 he became Director of the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office, and in 1953 Economic Adviser to Her Majesty's Government.
From Rebel to Caudillo: Franco's path to power
Providence seems to have smiled on Franco's path to power. But to what degree did the Spanish general manipulate that good fortune?
The Political Masks of Martin Luther
How the life of 16th-Century Reformer Martin Luther contributed to the future of Germany, even the rise of Fascism, as Thomas A. Brady, Jr. discusses...
Ethnic Identity and Nationalism
Anthony D. Smith surveys the historiographical treatment of this topical subject in this month's Reading History.
Faction at the Early Stuart Court
In the third of our series of articles on faction, Kevin Sharpe shows how, in the early 17th century, the monopoly of patronage by a court favourite distorted the pattern of politics in council, court and parliament.
The American Revolution 1783
What caused former Englishmen to declare their separate identity as Americans? Ian R. Christie explores the issues underlying British recognition of United States' independence.