Tool of social control or check on tyranny? The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages by Shane Bobrycki crafts a history for the ...

Russia’s entry into the global economy was met with glee by international firms in the early 1990s. The exodus has been just ...

In Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco, Tim Blanning restores the ‘incorrigible Saxon’ to ...

‘L et Ireland go, with God’s blessing and a shake of the hand’, wrote Jerome K. Jerome in May 1920. This was a crucial year ...

T he question of how history judges prime ministers can be answered in one word: haphazardly. This is because, of course, ...

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945 by N.A.M. Rodger looks above decks for the story of the modern Royal Navy.

The Brothers Grimm: A Biography by Ann Schmiesing brings folklore’s most famous double act out of the shadowy realm of legend ...

The Russians were among the first Europeans to sense California's potential. Had they not sold their settlement there in 1841 ...

Geoffrey Parker is Distinguished University Professor and Andreas Dorpalen Professor of European History at the Ohio State ...