History: Specific Events & Topics

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...

Until the 1970s the history of sexuality was a marginalized practice. Today it is a flourishing field, increasingly integrated into the mainstream ...

Until the 1970s the history of sexuality was a marginalized practice. Today it is a flourishing field, increasingly integrated into the mainstream ...

It was an age of evolution, when size and speed were almost the ultimate considerations. Bigger was said to be better and ship owners were not exem...