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• Post #4514353

  Chinggis Khan died #OnThisDay in 1227 Women may be largely absent from traditional accounts of the Mongol conquests, but they played a crucial role in creating the largest of all land empires. 🔓 This article is free for 7 days https://buff.ly/yIJl0US

• Post #4499706

  In this week’s newsletter: Roosevelt promised peace on the 1936 campaign trail. Did pacifism propel him back into the White House? 📬 Sign up for Miscellanies at https://buff.ly/MKD3qm1, and we’ll send it to you on Thursday.

• Post #4491697

  Newfoundland was England’s first overseas colony, but its settlement did not follow the usual patterns: its communities were nomadic, moving around the island with the seasons. ⌛️ Last chance to read this article for free https://buff.ly/w90iRRj

• Post #4481080

  Darwin’s theory of sexual selection was even more controversial than evolution. It offended Victorian morality, and his own feelings about human courtship. 🔒 Ross Brooks’ recent article is available in the archive https://buff.ly/S6dEGTH

• Post #4435515

  The Simele Massacre took place #OnThisDay in 1933 Foreign armies acted with impunity in Iraq from the first decade of independence. In response, the Iraqi military became a tool of internal repression. 🔓 This article is free for 7 days https://buff.ly/7gjplem

• Post #4412728

  #Jamaica became independent #OnThisDay in 1962. The Windrush generation witnessed the Caribbean colonies from which they had emigrated achieve independence. Despite being an ocean away, they were not passive observers. 🔓 This article is free for 7 days https://buff.ly/uVEO21L

• Post #4409458

  The first Irish Republican bomb detonated on English soil was not intended as an act of terrorism, but its impact – and death toll – sent shockwaves through #Victorian London. 🔒 Sarah Flew’s recent article is available in the archive https://buff.ly/XoEnEcf

• Post #4409110

  The short-lived English colony of Willoughbyland, in what is now Suriname, was both verdant and dangerous. In the end, it was exchanged for New York. ⌛️ Last chance to read this article for free https://buff.ly/drZGMfd

• Post #4374435

  Britain declared war on Germany #OnThisDay in 1914 Military history is among the most commercial as well as maligned fields of history. Four scholars consider its value – and its future. 🔓 This article is free for 7 days https://buff.ly/te7Uz3a

• Post #4135435

  In this week’s Miscellanies: the case for #KingArthur 📬 Sign up for our newsletter at https://buff.ly/PuyaWjm, and we’ll send it to you on Thursday.

• Post #391717

  Portugal conquered Goa #OnThisDay in 1510. Poor and small, Portugal was at the edge of late medieval Europe. But its seafarers created the age of ‘globalisation’, which continues to this day. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-global-empire

• Post #391716

  The testimonies of formerly enslaved people, collected in the 1930s by the Federal Writers’ Project, provide a unique archive for historians. ⌛️ Last chance to read this recent History Matters for free https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/black-voices-archive

• Post #391715

  In this week’s Miscellanies: the US occupation of #Greenland 📬 Sign up for our email newsletter at https://buff.ly/HGDXzp8, and we’ll send it to you on Thursday.

• Post #391714

  What makes a great #History teacher? And why are the good ones so memorable? 🔓 George Garnett’s latest Making History is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/those-who-can-teach-history

• Post #391713

  Before the British Empire and the Atlantic slave trade, Africans lived freely in Tudor England. ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/black-tudors-air-freedom

• Post #391712

  Hernán Cortés left Cuba for Mexico #OnThisDay in 1519. If we are to better understand the actions of the #conquistadors we must place them in the context of a #medieval worldview that predated the nation-state. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/contested-legacy-conquistadors

• Post #391711

  In the fight against rising #riverpollution by big corporations, legal cases have had to get creative. ⌛️ Last chance to read the latest Behind the Times for free https://www.historytoday.com/archive/behind-times/public-versus-river-polluters

• Post #391710

  What makes a great #Historyteacher? And why are the good ones so memorable? 🔓 George Garnett’s latest Making History is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/those-who-can-teach-history

• Post #391709

  Hernán Cortés sailed for Mexico #OnThisDay in 1519. If we are to better understand the actions of the #conquistadors we must place them in the context of a #medieval worldview that predated the nation-state. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/contested-legacy-conquistadors

• Post #391708

  Strategically important during the #SecondWorldWar, US soldiers could not wait to leave #Greenland. 🔓 Peter Harmsen’s new History Matters is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/us-occupation-greenland

• Post #391707

  Unlike his grandfather Chinggis Khan, the #Mongol ruler Hulegu Khan is little known in the West. But his destruction of two Islamic empires gave him a notoriety that persists to this day. ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/hulegu-mongol

• Post #391706

  #SamuelPepys was born #OnThisDay 1633. When his diary was first published it was an instant hit, but rumours soon spread about what had been cut and why. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/hidden-diary-samuel-pepys

• Post #391705

  The Cancelled Prime Minister: The Extraordinary Rise and Tragic Fall of Ramsay MacDonald by Walter Reid finds the romance behind #Labour’s great betrayer. ✍️ Richard Toye reviews the recent #history book https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/cancelled-prime-minister-walter-reid-review

• Post #391704

  Eighty years ago the BBC tried to remedy postwar Anglo-American friction with Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America. 🔓 Will Garbett’s new History Matters is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/peace-talks-letter-america-80-years

• Post #391703

  What makes a great #History teacher? And why are the good ones so memorable? ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/those-who-can-teach-history

• Post #391702

  If we are to better understand the actions of the #conquistadors we must place them in the context of a #medieval worldview that predated the nation-state. ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/contested-legacy-conquistadors

• Post #391701

  The #GregorianCalendar was introduced in a papal bull #OnThisDay in 1582. Despite numerous attempts by radicals to reform the calendar, commerce usually decides how we measure time. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/how-change-calendar

• Post #374020

  The introduction of bread rationing by the postwar #Labour government threatened a centuries-old tradition and, with it, the national understanding of what England was. 🔒 John Walter’s new feature is now online https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/defending-tichborne-dole

• Post #373692

  In this week’s Miscellanies: how important was the Battle of Hastings? 📬 Sign up for our email newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/historytoday/miscellanies-from-history-today, and we’ll send it to you on Thursday.

• Post #372758

  The Cancelled Prime Minister: The Extraordinary Rise and Tragic Fall of Ramsay MacDonald by Walter Reid finds the romance behind Labour’s great betrayer. ✍️ Richard Toye reviews the recent #history book https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/cancelled-prime-minister-walter-reid-review