History Today

Phillipe Ariès once argued that childhood did not exist in the Middle Ages. The survival of toys and depictions of games in medieval manuscripts prove otherwise.

The election on 25 October 1951 marked the end of six years of Labour government. 

The Danish astronomer died on October 24th, 1601.

Churchill became PM for a second time on October 26th, 1951, only a month away from his 77th birthday.

Sean Lang has built his passion for history on several key experiences, both in terms of teaching and learning.

James Wilson, the Founding Father from Scotland, sought to enshrine his principles of democracy, explains Geoffrey Seed, in the constitution of the United States of America.

How far, asks R.D. Storch, did the reforms in the system of law enforcement, and the detection, trial and punishment of criminals introduced in the nineteenth century make for better order and a real reduction in crime?

Nicholas Soteri unearths the age-old roots of the Catholic-Orthodox divide.

Thomas S. Garlinghouse discusses the slow acceptance of archaeological evidence for sophisticated civilisation in pre-Columbian North America

Mark Clapson considers that suburbia holds the key to recent history on both sides of the Atlantic.