History: Specific Events & Topics

Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of the greatest villain of the fourteenth century', his dazzling rise as favourite to the...

Merseyside played a unique role during the Second World War, which directly led to the area being a major enemy target in an attempt to put the por...

Emma, Lady Hamilton, rose from poverty to become a media celebrity, and her relationship with Admiral Nelson, and her renowned beauty, made her the...

One of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people-mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children-died in on...

This is the story of women caught up in the tumultuous art scene of the early twentieth century, some famous and others lost to time. By 1910 th...

Asia After Versailles addresses an important but neglected watershed for Asian nations - the response to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The Co...

Is it realised that Londonderry with its impregnable fortifications was built by the London Livery Companies? Is it known that a second Spanish Arm...

The Imperial Security State explores an important but under-explored dimension of British imperialism - its information system and the close links ...

In recent decades, the insight that narration shapes our perception of reality has inspired and influenced the most innovative historical accoun...

Shows how Charles V used music and ritual to reinforce his image and status as the most important and powerful sovereign in Europe. The presentati...

Growing up in the small town of Maden in Turkey, Fethiye Çetin knew her grandmother as a happy and respected Muslim housewife called Seher.Only dec...