From William the Conqueror’s battle-winning cavalry to Richard III’s fatal final charge, Oliver H Creighton and Robert Liddiard explore five moments when horsepower changed the course of medieval hist ...

Historian Selena Wisnom reveals how the ancient Assyrians of Mesopotamia used ‘godnapping’ as a devastating form of psychological warfare ...

Summer is the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book – and history lovers have plenty of new titles to choose from this year. We've rounded up 28 of favourites from the year so far ...

Historian Linda Paterson explores the rise of the troubadours – the poetic performers who turned love, politics and desire into a new kind of medieval art ...

Historian Selena Wisnom explores how Ashurbanipal, the last great ruler of Assyria, combined calculated brutality with an unprecedented quest to collect all the wisdom of his world ...

Historian Steven Gunn uncovers what thousands of fatal accidents can tell us about everyday existence in 16th-century England – from water fetching to post-work swims ...

Historian Karen Jones uncovers the often overlooked role of women in building the American West – from driving wagon trains to shaping communities and securing the vote ...

In 1940, with Nazi bombers looming over British cities and the threat of invasion ever-present, Frisch and Peierls’ findings prompted immediate action. The British government launched a secret atomic ...