History Review

Will Saunders asks whether one of the ‘villains’ of the English Reformation deserves his reputation.

Robert Pearce highlights Giuseppe Mazzini’s role in the Risorgimento.

Robert Carr dissects a book frequently referred to but seldom read.

John Plowright examines the career of one of the key ministers in Attlee’s postwar governments.

Tim Clancey advises on how to use historians’ writings to your best advantage.

Simon Lemieux explain why witch-hunting ended when so many Europeans supported it.

Robert Pearce introduces the First Reform Act and asks why parliamentary reform succeeded in 1832 when earlier reform bills had failed.

Robin Evans examines the connections between language, culture and national identity in 19th-century Galicia.

Richard Wilkinson, Louis XIV’s new biographer, searches for the real Sun King.

Mike Wells argues that Russian decisions in July 1870 were of major significance for the history of Europe.