On 23 November 1929 Nigeria’s women rose against the colonial authorities, demanding a return to traditional values and the ...

Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit – even for non-believers.

Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes by William M. Schniedewind asks what authorship meant to the hidden ...

National security during the Second World War was threatened by the ‘enemy within’ – working-class women, suspected of ...

What does the history of the Channel Tunnel tell us about Britain’s relationship with its neighbours? A t 8.23am on the ...

The real female Victorian detectives were every bit as bold as their fictional counterparts – and far more prevalent than we ...

In its first two centuries of existence Christianity witnessed the persecution of many of its members by officials of the Roman Empire; the causes of these persecutions have been and continue to be ...

British agents of empire saw their actions in India through the texts of their classical educations. They looked for ...

Gina Anne Tam is Associate Professor of History and Co-Chair of Women and Gender Studies at Trinity University, San Antonio.

Customarily, the name ‘Machiavelli’ was a synonym for the devil. The myth of the corrupt immorality of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) has lasted for many centuries, the description ‘Machiavellian’ ...