Far from living in constant filth, medieval people developed routines, regulations and even public infrastructure to manage ...

While in theory, a pope couldn’t be removed during the Middle Ages, late medieval Europe still found ways to challenge, ...

Uncover the secrets and extraordinary achievements of Britain’s World War II codebreakers right where it all happened Tucked ...

Emily Briffett and historian Thomas Asbridge explore one of the most devastating catastrophes in human history – the pandemic ...

As long-lasting monarchies fell across the 20th century, Britain’s endured – sustained by wartime victory, constitutional ...

In the early 20th century, the Kennedy family’s political ambitions were built around their eldest son, Joe Jr – until his ...

On 14 April 1865, President Abraham Lincoln, fresh from steering the country through the Civil War, was enjoying a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. During the performance, John Wilkes Booth, a ...

It’s true that the Vikings were formidable raiders, warriors and explorers – storming monasteries on the coasts of Britain, sailing rivers into the depths of eastern Europe and even journeying as far ...

Duke William of Normandy, who would become known as William the Conqueror, arguably changed the course of English history more profoundly than any ruler before or since. Despite beginning life as a ...

It’s not too often that medieval historians grab national headlines, but when you get an Oxford academic counting penises in a world-famous embroidery, you’re sure to arouse media attention. On ...

Aethelred II – best known by the epithet, ‘the Unready’ – was king of the English for two periods, from AD 978 to 1013, and a brief second spell from 1014 to 1016. His combined reign of nearly 38 ...

This six-part video course covers everything you need to know about Nazi Germany, guided by historian, author and broadcaster Laurence Rees Roger Moorhouse is a historian specialising in modern German ...