History

Explore the flavours of medieval food, from exotic spices and elaborate dishes to the unusual ingredients that delighted diners in the Middle Ages.

Greek PM hopes handover of Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria will persuade Britain that time has come for ‘truth, reason, justice and morality’In a ceremony replete with the sort of fanfare usually reserved for great events, Gree…

Across the medieval world we can find various writings aimed at giving advice and wisdom. Here is some poetic wisdom from the ninth-century Middle East.

Renovation work at Żupny Castle in Poland has uncovered stone fortifications believed to date from the 14th century.

Medieval China is where printing was first invented. But what kinds of works were printed there? This book focuses on the 10th to 12th centuries, revealing how the state made use of this technology and how the spread of…

SAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the State Office for Heritage Management and ARCHAEOLOGY

SIOUX CITY, IOWA—Siouxland Public Media reports that traces of a worker camp have been uncovered

LISMORE, SCOTLAND—The Independent reports that traces of an early Christian monastery have been found on

Filipino komiks have long drawn on mythology to create larger-than-life champions for ordinary people.

The Cheka (Vecheka) Secret Police was created by Vladimir Lenin's Soviet government in December 1917 to ruthlessly stamp out all opposition to the Bolshevik Revolution. During the Russian Civil War, the Cheka operated w…

Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about pharaohs’ originsOn the eve of the Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state…

Fifty-five years ago, Soul Train began broadcasting nationally. The show's dance coordinator speaks with a dancer about the show's legacy, as part of StoryCorps' Brightness in Black project.

NAJU, SOUTH KOREA—A weapon discovered in 2023 on Mount Geumseong in southwestern South Korea has

In this collection of resources, we examine the Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381, a popular uprising that sought dramatic social changes such as the removal of the poll tax, an end to the cap on labour wages, redistr…

Louis-Marie, Viscount de Noailles, served during the American, French and Haitian Revolutions. "He fights wherever France fights, because he's a soldier and he believes in France," a historian says

A collection of stories tracing how queer people have built communities, challenged norms, and preserved their histories.

The Dialogue of Pessimism (circa 1000 BCE) is a Babylonian poem featuring a master and his slave in ten exchanges during which the master proposes an action, and the slave gives reasons for and against its pursuit. The…

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741-1790), was the son and successor of Maria Theresa (1717-1780) and Francis Stephen, aka Francis I (1708-1765), of the imperial house of the Habsburgs. He governed as co-ruler with his…

Erasmus called them “little moons” and George Puttenham praised them as “figures of tolerable disorder” (if used not too often “nor too thick”). For Philip Sidney, they were simply indispensable. Florence Hazrat introdu…

Choice excerpts from *Leaves of Grass* that speak to Whitman’s conception of immortality.

How Southeast Asia’s famously pungent fruit became a source of cultural identity and global demand.

Six Viking gold arm-rings weighing more than 750 grams have been discovered in Denmark, revealing new evidence of wealth and power in the tenth century.

Archaeologists in Cyprus have uncovered an underground chamber that began as a Hellenistic quarry and was later transformed into a Byzantine church.

From legal reform and royal government to the conquest of Wales and war in Scotland, explore the turbulent reign of Edward I.

CHALCATZINGO, MEXICO—Phys.org reports that Christophe Helmke of the University of Copenhagen and his colleagues mapped

Call for Papers for the 5th International Conference on the Military History of the Mediterranean Sea, taking place in Istanbul in June 2027.

BARI, ITALY—The remains of a woman holding a child have been unearthed at the site

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI—According to a statement released by the University of Mississippi, Jesse Tune of the

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to inter and memorialise his wife Mumtaz Mahal, the building is the finest complete example of M…

Anglo-Saxon coins discovered near the Vatican reveal new evidence for Rome’s medieval English community and its connections with England.