History Today

An Indigenous rebellion in colonial Argentina foreshadowed later risings – and resonates to this day.

The repression in China’s Xinjiang region has deep historical roots.

Death, fealty, homage and power in 1199.

In the stomach, the mind, or the brain – migraine’s causes and remedies have been debated for 2,000 years.

A squalid incident in Tipperary set the tone for a bitter conflict.

No one understood the literary dimension of conflict better than Michael Howard.

The multifarious motives of Europe’s Ottoman scholars.

Successful leaders or rapacious, racist, corrupt adventurers? A history of the East India Company.

A selection of our favourite articles from the past year.

The global struggle to resist the banalities of mass tourism.