History Today

The power and perils of reconstructing the music of Napoleon's time.

How one of the greatest advances in human culture, the Gutenberg Bible, also helped divide Christendom.

For the lesser-known members of the great Tudor dynasties, loyalties were divided by Henry VIII’s Great Matter. Should you support your king, queen or family?

Two imperial ventures, in the same Middle East town a century apart, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.

The modern belief that the Middle Ages was a time of ignorance and superstition means that we often end up believing fantastic stories, too, as the tale of a Czech preacher and his emperor demonstrates.

The prime minister at the time of Napoleon’s defeat was a keen observer of European politics. His government sought a balance of power on the Continent, but with minimal British engagement.

As the Battle of Britain raged overhead, the nation’s women were urged to salvage metal for the war effort. But was it just propaganda?

Revelations about the US nuclear codes during the Cold War from the man who helped draft the policy. 

Canada’s attempts to ‘assimilate’ its Indigenous population following the Indian Act of 1876 have been described as cultural genocide.

The cult of the quintessentially English saint was the product of the Vikings who defeated him.