What motivated the crusades? How many crusades were there? And how many died? In a recent episode of our 'Everything you wanted to know about' podcast series, we put the key questions about the crusades to Professor Rebecca Rist. Read her answers here...
What was the Reformation? From Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses to Henry VIII's break from Rome, here's your guide to the religious revolution that tore apart the Christian world in 16th-century Europe and established a new branch of Christianity…
Full of fantastical drawings and written in an unknown language, the one-of-a-kind Voynich Manuscript has so far bamboozled all who have tried to crack its secrets. Spencer Mizen recounts the quest to explain the unexplainable...
The 1992 LA riots erupted after four police officers, filmed severely beating black taxi driver Rodney King, were acquitted of assault. More than 25 years later, police brutality is still a contentious, emotive issue – and this pivotal moment echoes loudly in recent events in the modern United States...
Looking for a new historical TV show or film to watch? From The Crown to The Favourite, we've rounded up the best history content streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Now TV, HBO and other on-demand services in the UK and US...
It was the largest seaborne invasion in history, marking the beginning of the campaign to liberate north-west Europe from German occupation. But how much do you know about D-Day? And what does D-Day stand for? Here, historian James Holland brings you the facts…
On our latest podcasts: Mark Stoyle answers questions about the conflict between Royalists and Parliamentarians that wracked Britain in the 17th century; Marion Turner explores the life of the poet Chaucer; and Steven Johnson tells the story of the infamous pirate Henry Avery...
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