Political

George III was crowned on September 22nd, 1761, aged 22. One of the longest reigns in English history was under way.

Martin Evans introduces a short series looking at changing attitudes to history in the former Communist states.

Gordon Marsden revisits Henry Fairlie's prescient obituary of Aneurin Bevan, first published in History Today in October 1960.

Robin Waterfield looks at the influence of the mother of Alexander the Great in the years following her son’s death.

Robin Bayley tells how his great grandfather, a Mancunian businessman, became caught up in the tumultuous period of worker unrest that paved the way for the Mexican Revolution.

The heart of the last heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was buried on July 17th in Hungary.

Mary Queen of Scots left Calais for Scotland on August 14th, 1561, aged 18 years old.

Louis XII came to the throne in 1498 and ruled France for sixteen years. According to Howell Lloyd, he was a 'ruler in transition': images of Louis XII elevated royal power to divine status, paving the way for the ideology of absolutism to flourish in the era of the Sun King.

Though superb works of art in themselves, the wildlife paintings of Francis Barlow are full of rich metaphors that shed light on the anxieties and concerns of a Britain emerging from the horrors of civil war, says Nathan Flis.