History Today

Dauvit Broun looks at the making of a nation, 1000-1300, which formed a crucial element in the shaping of medieval Britain.

Alfred Rosenberg, Joachim von Ribbentrop and others were condemned on 16th October, 1946.

Edward Ranson on the house race that split and defined a fin-de-siecle US.

Peter Wiseman offers some intriguing thoughts on the world of the emperor Domitian - its traumas and terrors - to mark the 1900th anniversary of his assassination.

Offices for sale have always been a key feature through French history but here William Doyle offers some new and surprising thoughts on their appeal and longevity.

Ian Fitzgerald investigates some changes to the Historical Association.

David Nicholls explains what is not included in a modern French film looking at love, betrayal and anti-colonialism in 1930s South East Asia.

A reflection on the life of one of the most colourful Habsburg rulers the 'Last Knight', Maximilian.

Andrew Wheatcroft examines how an 18th-century succession crisis unlocks a tale of dynastic obsession and myth-history in Austria's first family.