How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire? - History Today
Dec 12, 2023 · Peter Sarris is Professor of Late Antique, Medieval and Byzantine Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge and author of Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint (Basic Books, …
The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
May 5, 2015 · A comprehensive account of the Crusades, a compelling and controversial topic, whose bitter legacy resonates to this day.
Martin Luther and the German Reformation | History Today
Mar 3, 2017 · F ive hundred years ago, in an obscure town in a remote part of Germany, an Augustinian friar set in train a series of events that led to the permanent splintering of western …
The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever | History Today
Mar 3, 2005 · T he disastrous mortal disease known as the Black Death spread across Europe in the years 1346-53. The frightening name, however, only came several centuries after its …
The Death of Mahatma Gandhi - History Today
Jan 1, 2008 · T he 20th century’s most famous apostle of non-violence himself met a violent end. Mohandas Mahatma (‘the great soul’) Gandhi, who had taken a leading role in spearheading …
Orpheus and Eurydice - History Today
Aug 8, 2019 · Orpheus and Eurydice, hand in hand, walk away from the fiery underworld and its deities, Pluto and Proserpine. Orpheus, singer, musician and poet, carrying a lyre on his …
Who Were The Phoenicians? - History Today
Jul 7, 2018 · The people known to history as the Phoenicians occupied a narrow tract of land along the coast of modern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. They are famed for their …
South Carolina secedes from the Union | History Today
Dec 12, 2010 · The American Civil War was fought to preserve the Union. There had long been tensions between the rights of the states under the constitution and those of the federal …
What is History? | History Today
Aug 8, 2020 · ‘History is the study of people, actions, decisions, interactions and behaviours’ Francesca Morphakis, PhD Candidate in History at the University of Leeds
The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece - History Today
Nov 11, 2009 · Detail from a Terracotta lekythos, showing two women spinning wool into yarn and two women working at an upright loom, c.550–530 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art.