History Today – February 2014
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Overview: History Today is an illustrated history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it aims to present serious and authoritative history to as wide a public as possible. It covers all periods and geographical regions and publishes articles of traditional narrative history alongside new research and historiography.
In the cover story of our February issue, Richard Weight and Tony Haggith ask: why are Britons so reluctant to come to terms with their revolutionary past?
The scarcity of memorials to the regicide of Charles I points to a collective amnesia about one of the defining moments in the country’s history. In their article, Richard and Toby attempt to understand the reasons for this embarrassed silence.
Also in this issue:
Andrew Pettegree describes the slow, painful birth of the newspaper in early modern Europe;
Mary Erler reveals a remarkable cache of letters which shed light on the unlikely relationship between Thomas Cromwell and a female religious during the English Reformation;
Patricia Fara explains how the First World War provided unprecedented opportunities for scientists, particularly women;
Julia Jones looks at the achievements of Willem van de Velde, the first official war artist;
Daisy Dunn examines how the Romans transformed hunting from an act of subsistence to a sport for the elite;
Chris Turney uncovers a possible cover-up relating to the tragic demise of Captain Scott’s Antarctic team;
and Mathew Lyons contemplates the human inclination both to measure time and to be enslaved by it.
Genre: Magazine
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