History Review

Frank McDonough looks at recent thinking on the origins of the war of 1899-1902

Raphael Mokades - the winner of the 1996 Julia Wood Award - argues that military failure in the Boer War transformed political attitudes in Edwardian Britain.

In the first instalment of a two-part article, Roger Eatwell looks at rival definitions of a slippery word.

Why the 1815 Corn Laws were necessary, and why circumstances conspired to force the repeal of 1846.

John Hardman, a biographer of Louis XVI, argues that the king at the time of the French Revolution fails to live down to his abysmal reputation.

Robin Briggs believes some historians produce more fantasies than the witches they study.

John Rohl reveals monarchical mentalities and structures in Imperial Germany.

Gareth Affleck looks at beginnings, middles and ends.

Frank McDonough looks at the old question of whether history is made by great individuals or impersonal forces.

Graham Darby spins a thread to guide you through the labyrinth of The Causes of the Thirty Years War.