In The Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends, 1642 Jonathan Healey holds Juntos and ‘jittery times’ responsible for England’s ...

Fearing the loss of regional identity, at the end of the 19th century, the French Basques invented a cultural tradition – but did that make them a threat to national unity?

For the ancient Greeks, the Peloponnesian War was a conflict involving the entire world. For Thucydides, it was a lesson in ...

The kidnap of Bennelong, 25 November 1789, William Bradley, 1802. State Library of New South Wales. Public Domain. Growing up ...

The Invention of the Eastern Question: Sir Robert Liston and Ottoman Diplomacy in the Age of Revolutions by Ozan Ozavcı ...

For the Victorians and Edwardians, the late British summer was a time of sun, sand – and sea serpents. F rom the 1860s, late ...

Industrial Birmingham was an important stop on the grand tours of various Muslim rulers, all eager to learn from the city of a thousand trades.

Following Japan’s unconditional surrender in September 1945, the US aimed to rebuild the nation in its own image – for better or worse.

Between 1288 and 1300 European merchants competed with one another to obtain the right to collect duties on wine shipments to the port of Tunis on behalf of the Hafsid caliph who ruled the city.

The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition by Michael Grant – Routledge, 1994 - xiv + 210 pp. - £25. Theodosius: The Empire at Bay by Stephen Williams and Gerard Friell – Batsford, 1994 - 238 pp. - ...