The Rise and Fall of the Age of Miracles
Roy Porter charts the whirlwind of medical triumphs that promised limitless progress in human health and our more sober reflections on the eve of the third millennium.
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The Trauma of 1066
Elizabeth van Houts reconstructs memories of occupation (with echoes of the 1940s) from post-Norman conquest chronicles.
New Prospects from Renaissance Tuscany
Richard Hodges wanders through the medieval village of Rocca in Tuscany.
Early Modern Witch-hunts
Robin Briggs believes some historians produce more fantasies than the witches they study.
Radio Days on America's Home Front
Gerd Horten on how 'soaps' helped win the war after Pearl Harbor.
Belgium's Lottery Culture
An insight into how Belgium has used lottery funds to bring medieval status back to life.
Workers and Nazis in Hitler's Homeland
What did ordinary people in Nazi-controlled Austria really think about their native-born Führer, Adolf Hitler? Tim Kirk opens a window on a unique record of public opinion – a Gestapo equivalent of 'Mass Observation' in 30s Britain.
La Dolce Vita? Italy By Rail, 1839-1914
Diana Webb looks into the pleasures and pitfalls of an early tourist experience.
Justice Seen, Justice Done? Abolishing Public Executions in 19th-Century Germany
Richard Evans looks at the social and intellectual pressures that forced Germany to rethink how and why it punished wrongdoers.
The Role of the Individual in History
Frank McDonough looks at the old question of whether history is made by great individuals or impersonal forces.