- December 21, 2025
Scholars Say Many Beliefs About Vikings Are Based On Medieval Fiction
Scholars Say Many Beliefs About Vikings Are Based On Medieval Fiction Scandinavian studies scholars at the University of Münster have delivered a sobering message to
Renaissance Gallows Unearthed in France With 32 Executed Victims
Renaissance Gallows Unearthed in France With 32 Executed Victims Archaeologists working in Grenoble, France, have made a chilling discovery that sheds light on the brutal religious
‘The French Revolution: A Political History’ by John Hardman review
What was revolutionary about the French Revolution? Contemporary critics such as Edmund Burke lamented that France’s tyro politicians had squandered a golden opportunity to renew
Roman Occupation Exposed Britons to Disease and Class Divides
Roman Occupation Exposed Britons to Disease and Class Divides The Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD brought with it dramatic social upheaval that fundamentally
Joyce Butler and the Sex Discrimination Act
The 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage in 1968 prompted a moment of soul searching for many women frustrated at how little progress seemed to have
‘Christianity at the Crossroads’ by David N. Hempton review
Read this book’s title, and you might guess that David Hempton – perhaps the world’s greatest historian of Methodism – has written a textbook: a
Books of the Year 2025: Part 2
If you haven’t yet read the History Today Books of the Year Part 1, you can find it here. ‘An exploration of issues relevant to
Carl Hagenbeck’s Eight Thousand Tortoises
In the archive of Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark (Animal Park), which opened in Hamburg in 1907, there is a remarkable photograph of a few thousand tortoises
Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
‘This is much more than the history of a place’ Erik Linstrum is Professor of History at the University of Virginia Sam Wetherell’s Liverpool and
‘Heiresses’ by Miranda Kaufman review
Heiresses, as Miranda Kaufmann admits, is indebted to scholarship which has revealed, over many decades, the extent of the ties between the British establishment and
