Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Prophet of Teutonism
Michael D. Biddiss profiles a British theorists's claims that all the greatest triumphs of civilization and culture were the products of race—and of a single race at that.
Volume 19 Issue 1 January 1969
The Princess Mathilde
Joanna Richardson describes how the gifted cousin of the Emperor Napoleon III acted as an all-powerful intermediary between the studio and the palace.
A Social History of English Handwriting
J.I. Whalley describes the development of handwriting in the early modern period.
King Henry VIII’s Army, Part II: Munitions
C.G. Cruickshank describes bows and fire-arms in the early sixteenth century.
The Black Death, Part II
Philip Ziegler describes how the devastating Plague reached South-west England in the summer of 1348.
John Wesley and the Age of Reason
Stuart Andrews describes how the founder of Methodism shared the encyclopaedic concern with science that characterizes the eighteenth century.
The Princess Dashkova, Part II
A. Lentin profiles the lively, meddlesome friend of Catherine the Great, who returned to Russia from her western travels in the year 1782.