First Among Equals
Few figures from the Age of Revolutions can match the achievements of Toussaint Louverture.
History Today
How To Get Away with Murder
Contradictions in Roman law left incurable headaches for its judges.
The Case of the Cursed Charter
Medieval inscriptions can tell us far more than just what is written on them.
Intensity of the Idler
Lockdown has reacquainted us with boredom.
City and Centre
Ravenna between Constantinople and Charlemagne.
Family Chemistry
A focus on Cork’s female descendants.
On the Spot: Susan-Mary Grant
‘There’s always someone missing from the story.’
The First Svengali
Svengali appeared as a character in Trilby, released as a book in the US on 8 September 1894.
Abbots Ascendant
William Chester Jordan’s study of one of medieval Europe’s great monastic rivalries suggests that social mobility may have been more common in the Middle Ages than historians previously thought.
Escape from Vesuvius
In October 1943 the Allies liberated the area around the infamous volcano in the Bay of Naples. Its sudden eruption in March 1944, as war in Italy raged, stretched the resources of the combined services to the limit. What followed was an exemplary emergency operation.