History Today

David Nash explores the movement for moral education that attracted quite a following at the turn of the century, and draws some parallels with today's emphasis on 'good citizenship'

January 16th, 1749: Birth of the man who stole Bonnie Prince Charlie's wife.

Thomas Cranmer's prayer book was published on January 15th, 1549.

Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople.

The formal handover took place on January 6th, 1899.

Sean Kelsey reconsiders the events of January 1649 and argues the trial was skilfully appropriated by rump politicians in paving the way for the new Commonwealth.

From the recognition of East Germany to the banishment of Taiwan and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, diplomatic disputes dogged the Olympics throughout the Cold War.

Attempts to regrow the Glastonbury thorn after it died in 1991.

New research suggests the Beowulf poem can be traced to North Kent.

The importance of teaching history to younger children and the risks of its removal as a key subject from the primary curriculum