An early modern ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma. I n September 1649 ship’s surgeon John Conny was deeply relieved and praised God that ‘all our men [are] in ...

Court-martialled in absentia on 2 August 1940, the Vichy regime confiscated de Gaulle’s property and condemned him to death.

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 ...

José Martí Reader: Writings on the Americas, edited by Deborah Shnookal and Mirta Muñiz, collects the works of Cuba's ‘Apostle of Independence’.

‘What’s past is prologue’ Shakespeare wrote – but so little is known of his own. There are plenty of theories, each as implausible as the next.

British military engagement in northwest Europe did not pause after Waterloo and resume in 1914. The intervening century saw ...

Hinduism predates colonialism by thousands of years, but in Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu ...

I ronically, when we speak about inquisitions, people have come to expect the Spanish Inquisition. But inquisitions into the ...

On 25 July 1908 chemistry professor Kikunae Ikeda gave name to an elusive new taste: umami.

‘I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer’: Letters on Love and Marriage from the World’s First Personal Advice Column by Mary Beth Norton reveals the 17th-century origins of the agony aunt.

The names ‘Alcock’ and ‘Brown’ – when appearing together – have faded so far from public awareness that they are most likely to appear as the unexpected answer to a trivia question about the identity ...