Roman wars was interrupted by one of the defining events of the 1st century, and gave birth to one of ancient Rome’s most ...

At times of political instability and crisis, Soviet authorities turned to Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet to inspire calm and ...

They might have fought as enemies in the 9th century, but the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons shared common languages and deep ...

The botched Bay of Pigs invasion stands as one of several US failings in the 1960s as the Cold War rolled on. Why was it such ...

Not many 11th-century embroideries get plastered across the vast billboards on Piccadilly Circus. In fact, I can think of only one – the Bayeux Tapestry. On 26 February this year, the British Museum ...

As familiar notions suggest, medieval medicine was influenced by herbs and humours. But these factors were part of a broader ...

To the Romans of the late 4th and 5th centuries AD, the threat posed by the Huns was akin to a nightmare made real. They were lightning fast, brutally violent, and as culturally unfamiliar as any ...

The Great Heathen Army wasn’t a single unified force, but rather a shifting coalition of warbands whose multi-layered ...

Few historical figures have been discussed and debated as much as Adolf Hitler. We have a wealth of primary source material available to us about his life, including his autobiographical manifesto ...

Aethelred II – best known by the epithet, ‘the Unready’ – was king of the English for two periods, from AD 978 to 1013, and a brief second spell from 1014 to 1016. His combined reign of nearly 38 ...