History Matters

The Battle of the Springs of Cresson marked the beginning of the end for the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The death of Joseph Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili in a German concentration camp 80 years ago was kept a secret for decades.

Remembered as Adam’s first wife, a child-killing demon and a feminist hero, who was Lilith?

Charles Dickens’ most enduring friendship was with his sister-in-law, who has been remembered as his housekeeper.

Fifty encrypted letters sent by Mary, Queen of Scots have recently been deciphered. What have we learnt?

For Edward I, filling his army with criminals made perfect sense.

Using violence as a response to racism can both divide and unite communities. This was demonstrated when a riot erupted in the Leeds suburb of Chapeltown on Bonfire Night 1975.

One of Croatia’s most-read authors, Marija Jurić Zagorka spent her life in defiance of convention.

Nicknames can easily raise an eyebrow, but they have value to the historian beyond humour.

Recent protests in China are part of a long tradition of student activism, but results are often lacklustre.