History

Charles A. Gauci writes about men of Maltese lineage who have, over the years, achieved the actual or effective rank of General or Admiral in the a...

The Great Mal'tese Composers: historical context, lives, and works' is the first comprehensive study of Maltese music to be written in the English ...

In his four-volume study, Pirotta meticulously examines Malta’s twenty-year transformation from Britain’s foremost Mediterranean fortress colony to...

In the middle of the seventeenth century, apart from such leading powers and commercial giants as Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherl...

Situated in the walled city of Mdina, Malta’s former capital, Palazzo Falson is the second oldest structure still standing. Fashioned on the Siculo...

In Britain, governmentsponsored schemes engaged artists on a contractual basis to document both the First and Second World Wars. Official war artis...

In Britain, governmentsponsored schemes engaged artists on a contractual basis to document both the First and Second World Wars. Official war artis...

The invention of the button goes back to at least 5000 years when they were originally used for ornamental purposes. Eventually, in the Middle Ages...

Some years ago, Thomas Freller published a monograph on Malta and the Grand Tour, where the subject of Gozo and its visitors was treated in a rathe...

The Order of the Knight Hospitaller of St John has its origins in the early years of the first millennium ad. This book outlines their history as s...

Images by S.L. Cassar from the 1890s to the 1930s

As an archipelago in the center of the Mediterranean the sea has shaped many aspects of Malta’s culture, traditions, economy and demography. The co...

F’dan il-volum riċerkat b’għaqal u attenzjoni, Joseph A. Xerri jeżamina l-mixja edukattiva f’Malta mill- aspett ‘politiku’, kulturali, ekonomiku u ...

“Yosanne Vella has been a trailblazer in the study of women’s history in Malta. This volume collects her essays together and serves as an excellent...

What they said about Giovanni Bonello’s Histories of Malta Mysteries and Myths – Volume Eight – What more can be said about Giovanni Bonello and h...

‘Researched in depth… UXB Malta vividly captures the close relationships which developed between the soldiers and the islanders.’ Soldier Magazine ...

Giuseppe Garibaldi’s first and only visit to Malta took place in March 1864 when the Italian Risorgimento goals had been reached and the unity of I...