History Today

The Soviet leader died on March 5th, 1953.

Paul Wingrove examines the starkly different interpretations that seek to explain the career of Joseph Stalin, who died fifty years ago this month.

The 14th President was inaugurated on March 4th, 1853.

Maurice Keen looks at the significance of female lines of descent in heraldic arms, and what this tells us about women of noble and gentle birth in medieval England.

The image of Cardinal Richelieu, carefully crafted during his lifetime, soon became that of a demonic schemer. How?

Roy Beck considers the historical and moral dimensions of the latest attempt to put Jackson, and the American Civil War itself, on the big screen.

Patrick O’Brien reviews history reviewers, finds them wanting and recommends reform.

Alan Marshall recounts the tale of the men who tried to assassinate Oliver Cromwell.

Stephen K. Roberts traces the development and examines the legacy of a unique educational institution.