History Matters

Kathryn Hadley examines the life and enduring influence of the French theologian 500 years after his birth.

The global crisis wrought by the First World War prompted the birth of free mental health care for the treatment of shell shock and ‘war neuroses’.

Whether a museum or mosque, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has been a monument to selective readings of Turkey’s history.

Rudy Giuliani’s ‘zero tolerance’ attitude to community policing was rooted not in right-wing talking points, but in the liberal politics of the Civil Rights era.

Women, non-importation agreements and spinning bees in the American Revolution.

The Sharp siblings show the power of family to help and support each other towards greatness.

In the ancient world, statues were not symbols of virtue and could take revenge on those who attacked them.

Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Ideas at Royal Holloway University of London, died peacefully on 10 June, aged 59.

The long-awaited christening of Prince Edward was tempered by the plague.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the earliest establishment figures to denounce the Nazi regime. In April 1945, his quiet resistance led him to the scaffold.