History Matters

Were US-Cuban relations soured for the want of ten dollars?

The buildings that came out of Portugal’s New State were described as an ‘architectural lie’.

Venetian officials sought to stem a ‘plague’ of sodomy by promoting the heterosexual sex trade.

Though denied credit Rosalind Franklin’s work on the molecular structure of DNA was pivotal to Watson and Crick’s discovery of the double helix.

Germany is the country most closely associated with militarism, but Britain has had its militarist moments, too.

The world’s first filmmaker disappeared without trace. Are we watching his outtakes?

The staff of History Today pick their favourite articles of the past year.  

Norwich prospered in the 16th century, thanks to an influx of immigrants, who arrived fleeing persecution.

Changing views of illegitimate children raise both moral and economic issues.

Folklore, fairies and demonic spirits in the sceptical 17th century.