The Battle of Homildon Hill
The skirmish between the Douglases and the Percies took place on September 14th, 1402.
History Today
Amiens 1802: The Phoney Peace
David Johnson reconsiders the nature of the peace treaty between Britain and France and the tarnished reputation of prime minister Addington.
Anne de Montmorency: Great Master, Great Survivor
Glenn Richardson explores the talents and fortune of the 16th-century French courtier who served five kings.
The Gregorian Calendar Adopted in England
The country skipped ahead 11 days on September 2nd, 1752.
The Strange Death of Émile Zola
The French writer died on 29 September 1902.
The Schlieffen Plan - Fantasy or Catastrophe?
Terence Zuber argues that the German army’s rigid plan for a quick victory in France in 1914 was a postwar fabrication.
Images of the Nineteenth-Century Nurse
Anne Summers looks at the status of one of the few professions open to women.
The Dark Side of Samuel Johnson
Roy Porter discusses the life of the 18th-century essayist and critic.
Feminism and Republicanism - American Motherhood
The great majority of women's lives were changed by the American Revolution: they were increasingly drawn into the political debate – as household producers and consumers, and as wives and mothers.
J.S. Mill on the Subjection of Women
John Stuart Mill saw the enfranchisement of women as 'the most important of all political movements' on the road to the equality of the sexes.