Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Elaine Sciolino, formerly the Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, has volunteered herself as a chatty, amiable tour ...

As a highlight of Lesbian Visibility Week, the Curve Power List celebrates LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals making ...

But from the French Revolution onwards, a piecemeal emancipation allowed wealthy Jewish merchants, industrialists and bankers to buy estates, often displacing the dispossessed or impoverished old ...

Aimee Semple McPherson took to the radio to spread the Gospel, but her mysterious disappearance cast a shadow on her ...

For over a century, scientists have scoured Europe’s prehistoric caves in search of answers about how — and when — Homo sapiens first arrived on the continent. Now, buried beneath layers of rock and ...

It might involve public subsidies for new manufacturers; a concerted effort to work with friendly trading partners in Europe, Asia, and North America to expand supply chains; and a clearly ...

History has had it out for the tomato. One of the earliest-known European references to the food was made in 1544 by the Italian herbalist Pietro Andrea Mattioli, who first classified it as a ...

Almost a decade after the Brexit referendum, Amber Rudd is hoping to rebuild bridges between the Tories and Europe. The former home secretary is one of the driving forces behind a new informal ...

Historians may no longer talk of a single Celtic culture, but in The Celts: A Modern History Ian Stewart crafts a unified history ... the near-total disappearance of Celtic ideas in medieval Europe, ...

The tour, taking place on Saturday, April 5, at 2pm, will also delve into Oxford’s history of malting and brewing, highlighting how these trades impacted the city’s industrial growth.

This first volume of a new series, The Oxford History of Modern Europe, deals with the external relations of the European Great Powers from the Revolution of 1848 to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and ...