David Musgrove reports on new research that casts light on the appearance of the comet in the 11th century, and its depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry ...

What did everyday life look like for the millions of ordinary people living in Tudor England? Historian Ruth Goodman found ...

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

The people of ancient Rome didn’t have access to modern science, but they still developed complex – and incredibly intuitive ...

Few historical figures have been discussed and debated as much as Adolf Hitler. We have a wealth of primary source material available to us about his life, including his autobiographical manifesto ...

Imagine losing your livelihood in 16th-century England. There was no welfare state, no pensions, no hospitals or residential homes for the elderly, and no benefits for the sick. If you were injured, ...

For decades, the United States has been a dominant force in women’s football; soccer. With four World Cup titles and multiple Olympic golds, the US women’s national team has become synonymous with ...

Redneck is a divisive term in the United States. Today it is often viewed as a slur, to refer to a working-class, uneducated, white American from the rural South or Appalachian region. To many, it ...

Maria Theresa was the ruler of the Habsburg empire across four decades in the 18th century. Ascending the Habsburg throne in 1740, at 23 years old, Maria Theresa assumed rule at a perilous moment for ...

In 1930, the United States war department approved a secret plan that mapped out a course of action for a hypothetical war with Britain. Its codename: War Plan Red. Yes, the two nations were allies, ...