Robert's European History Blog

I'm not a terribly good judge of jewellery, but even I have to admit that "heart stopping" is probably a fair description of this Anglo-Saxon pendant, which was found by ... Read More

There's no real news in this report, but I still found it fascinating: somebody is selling old archaeological archives on ebay...but why are they selling such previous information? And what ... Read More

Click here for an excellent review of Tommy, the new book by military historian and frequent television presenter Richard Holmes. Concentrating on the experiences of British soldiers during the First ... Read More

Just as French forces helped the fledgling United States emerge from the American War of Independence, so US forces (this time with the British fighting on the same side) liberated ... Read More

My daily newspaper has an In Memoriam section, where readers can write in to commemorate their loved one or comrades. On Saturday 21st August, someone had written in to remember ... Read More

Okay, this is something of an experiment. A US radio station called 'Talk of the Nations' has placed a thirty minute show online discussing the start of, and lessons we ... Read More

Living so close to France and the region of World War One’s Western Front, I frequently hear news reports about bodies being found in the fields. This report, however, is ... Read More

This article about the Nazi creation of the now famous Olympic torch bearing (and more importantly, its evolution into an independently recognised icon) is interesting on a number of levels, ... Read More

In the 13th century Trellech was probably the biggest city in Wales, but it's taken modern archaeologists thirty years to find the ruins. Read why here.

Towards its start, this article claims that no British privates from the First World War ever published accounts of life in combat. While I find that hard to believe, it ... Read More

Having recently reported the French president's warnings on anti-Semitism and the British Prime Minister's use of the 1960s as a political tool, it's only fair that I should present this ... Read More

I can't verify this story – a man has been elected Britain's first official jester since Charles I was executed – but it's quite funny anyway.

This article is a brief, but useful, look at Africa's 'forgotten' role in World War 1. (Not that forgotten if you read this site: click here for a complete list ... Read More