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In the current issue: Violence in Medieval monasteries, winning an election in Ancient Rome, why Uruguay legalised duelling, East German solidarity with North Korea, Tudor libel and the politics of forgiveness. Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more!
Volume 74 Issue 11 November 2024 - History Today
2 days ago · Medieval Monks, Duelling, Roman Elections. Can The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra and The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies f ashion a finale for the pha raohs?
Recently published - History Today
In Patria: Lost Countries of South America, Laurence Blair explores nine nations, dissolved or imagined, and what they tell us about Latin America. Head to Head.
When the Men Came Marching Home from the Great War
2 days ago · T he Seventh Dragoon Guards made one of the last charges of the First World War at 10.30am on 11 November 1918, galloping forward and capturing the bridge at Lessines in the Picardy region of Belgium. Fighting officially ended at 11am on the same day, when the Armistice was signed. On hearing the news, the Fifth Dragoon Guards’ official war diary described the celebration as the regiment ...
Books of the Year 2023 - History Today
Dec 12, 2023 · Peter Brown is Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus at Princeton University and author of Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History (Princeton, 2023). Meticulously researched and written with flair, Ekaterina Pravilova’s The Ruble: A Political History (Oxford) is the story of how monetary policy, seemingly the most impersonal of forces, resonated throughout an immense and ...
The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
May 5, 2015 · The First Crusade was called in November 1095 by Pope Urban II at the town of Clermont in central France. The pope made a proposal: 'Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.'.
What is History? | History Today
Aug 8, 2020 · History is the study of people, actions, decisions, interactions and behaviours. It is so compelling a subject because it encapsulates themes which expose the human condition in all of its guises and that resonate throughout time: power, weakness, corruption, tragedy, triumph …. Nowhere are these themes clearer than in political history ...
Second World War - History Today
Contributors to History Today have been exploring the origins, conduct and aftermath of the Second World War since the 1950s. The magazine’s archive is a treasure-trove of scholarly reflection on the most colossal conflict in human history. The clash between the Allies and the Axis states demanded ingenuity, resilience and courage on an astonishing scale.
Volume 74 Issue 8 August 2024 - History Today
Aug 8, 2024 · The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off. On 28 August 1839, the earl of Eglinton hosted a ‘medieval’ tournament to mark Queen Victoria’s coronation. It was a damp squib.