History Today

Brian Manning continues the study of the tumultuous period leading to the English Civil War.

The first of three distinguished historians at the centre of current debates, John Morrill offers his own personal conviction about the nature of the greatest of all political upheavals in our history.

Lord Elgin 'acquired' more than 170 crates of ancient marbles from Greece. He always maintained that his motive was a disinterested wish to preserve these treasures. But, as John Gould discovered, his letters reveal a rather different story...

Maurice Keen discusses how Heralds' secular, learned expertise developed.

David Underdown looks back to the Tudor age in discussing the upheavals of the mid-17th century.

John Gould argues for the return of national treasures ... while Malcolm McLeod expresses reservations ...

Irene Coltman Brown focusses on a staunch 17th-century republican prepared to die for his beliefs.

Arthur Marwick teaches some history lessons from the Open University.

Krzysztof Z. Cieszkowski examines the life of the 19th-century prize pugilist-turned-preacher, William Thompson.

Michael Hunter discusses works uncovering a period of scientific revolution.