History Today

Blessed with beauty and wealth, California fails to come to terms with its past.

Three German-born princesses made important contributions to the art, medicine and science of Georgian Britain.

The rise and fall of José Luis Bustamante’s left-wing presidency.

The Athenian temple was partly destroyed on 26 September 1687.

Projects for a peaceful Europe go back centuries. Occasionally, they succeed – for a while at least.

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.