History Today

The man who, at the time of his death in 2012, was arguably the most famous historian in the world is brought into quotidian focus. 

Historians often envisage a gulf between family history and other engagements with the past, but they can easily overlap.

While finding its origins in royal Aztec feasts, the history of the enchilada is more a product of colonialism and prejudice than authentic heritage.

At a moment when puritans had to tread carefully, William Hacket tried to overthrow the queen and Church.

Meet the members of the 18th-century’s most illustrious club.

The worst kind of government – apart from all the others – faces increasingly tough challenges. Four leading historians consider its future.

What was life like for medieval prostitutes? A case in the German town of Nördlingen reveals a hellish world of exploitation and violence.

The life of Robert Parkin Peters: clergyman, would-be academic and one of the most brazen fraudsters of the 20th century.

Just two years after victory in the Second World War, the divisions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers became unbridgeable. The Cold War had begun.