Religion

Onward Christian Socialists? Mark Bevir takes a timely look at a little-known phenomenon that was part of turn-of-the-century radicalism in Britain.

Nigel Saul sets the scene for our major new series on the crusades of the eleventh century.

Previewing his forthcoming biography, Robert Knecht argues that recent whitewash has failed to cover guilty blood.

Wesleyan Catholicism - a contradiction in terms? Not in the 18th century, argues Charles Goodwin.

Robin Briggs believes some historians produce more fantasies than the witches they study.

Graham Darby spins a thread to guide you through the labyrinth of The Causes of the Thirty Years War.

How important was the man to the movement? Andrew Pettegree asks what would have happened to the Reformation had the Diet of Worms witnessed its leader’s martyrdom.

Before the mid-1800s many Americans did not dream of Christmas at all. Penne Restad tells how and why this changed – and played its role in uniting the US in social cohesion.

David Nash considers a cause celebre that tested tensions between pious tradition and a 'progressive' age.

Richard Wilkinson wonders why historians have accepted the Cardinal's extravagant assessment of himself.