The Fall of Tenochtitlan
Was the fall of Tenochtitlan the result of an Aztec civil war or Spanish invasion? The events of 1521 are in desperate need of reappraisal.
History Today
Luther & Co.
Confronting Martin Luther’s ugly side.
The Murder of an Emperor
Atahualpa, the last true emperor of the Incas, was killed on 26 July 1533.
Alternative Histories: Kent, 1390
Technology affects Chaucer‘s telling of the Miller’s Tale.
Revolutionary Cut Short
Amílcar Cabral, global figure in anticolonialism.
Facing the Terror: a Witness to the French Revolution
The recently discovered chronicle of an opinionated, elderly aristocrat provides a vivid portrayal of Paris during the most febrile days of the French Revolution.
Greek Myths
Two heroes of the 1821 Greek Revolution found themselves cast out of the national pantheon because of their gender. In the centuries that followed, their legends would be used to justify a range of nationalist causes.
The New Tourists
The visitors’ books of 19th-century hotels, pubs and inns show Victorians on holiday, revealing them to be irreverent pleasure seekers, capable of highfalutin pomposity and touristic wrath.
Rebels in Rubber Soles
The denizens of an Asian underground who waged a clandestine struggle against European colonial powers.
Dolphins of the Belfiore
Does the intelligent sea mammal, long associated with Venus, the goddess of love, offer a clue to a lost jewel of the Renaissance?