Books of the Year 2023
‘This is how economic history should be done’ Peter Brown is Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus at
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
In a sports hall on the edge of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire, a group of Czech people met, young and
First World War: The Fight on the Home Front
Trench warfare, attrition, the dominance of artillery, the consumption of shells and the need for tanks: these are the outward
Archbishop Wulfstan: England’s Forgotten Lawmaker
The meeting of England’s royal council at York on 16 February 1014 must have been a very glum affair. Ostensibly,
The 50 Years that Made America
It was the evening of 16 December 1773. At Boston’s Old South Meeting House, more than 5,000 people awaited word
Zambi of Palmares is Beheaded
A statue of Zumbi dos Palmares, in Alagoas, Brazil. Photograph by Gorivero (CC BY-SA 3.0). At first they were called
Edmund of Abingdon’s Dream Job
Saint Edmund of Abingdon bringing about the reconciliation of Gilbert Marshal and Henry III, from Matthew Paris’ Historia Anglorum, 1250s.
Power and Populism in Ancient Greek Courts
A rule of all modern constitutions is that courts should remain apolitical. In reality, however, separation of powers is an
‘The Revolutionary Temper’ by Robert Darnton review
Throwing shade: Camille Desmoulins speaks at the Palais-Royal on 12 July 1789, two days before the taking of the Bastille,
London Necropolis Railway Opens | History Today
The London Necropolis Railway station at Westminster Bridge Road from Living London Vol. III by George Sims, 1903. Public Domain.
