Historian Linda Paterson explores the rise of the troubadours – the poetic performers who turned love, politics and desire ...

Almost as soon as they were able to navigate the world on their own two feet, children were expected to obey, work and prepare for a life of duty, whether as farmers, soldiers, citizens or mothers.

This is how a royal Frankish dynasty turned flowing locks into a political weapon, and why cutting them could mean deadly ...

Home Period General History Quiz of the week: on 28 July 1540, which of Henry VIII's wives did he marry?

Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

When Old Norse explorers reached North America, they made history. But their brief, violent encounter with its indigenous ...

During the Second World War, thousands of Allied pilots were deployed on a mission so dangerous, and so overshadowed by the rest of the conflict, that many referred to themselves grimly by the acronym ...

With the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK confirmed, David Musgrove explains the historical significance of the embroidery’s potential arrival on British soil… ...

Cleopatra's relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony had fundamental consequences for both Egypt and Rome ...

Though, while its cultural influence is clear, the history of the Bible is much less so. Questions about who wrote the Bible, when, and why have fascinated and perplexed scholars for centuries. These ...

By the early 1920s, the swastika, an ancient religious symbol, had been adopted by Adolf Hitler to represent the German Reich. How did it become the symbol of the Nazi party?