Robert's European History Blog

This new study aims to find out who the 'real' Henry V was...does it succeed? Read the review to find out.

A massive selling success story, praised by hundreds of reviews and even featured prominently in a regular television series, Rome: Total War was definitely the game of 2004. There’s no ... Read More

The historical and biological communities are currently split over whether bubonic plague was responsible for the 'Black Death', a series of great plagues that, most famously, killed approximately a third ... Read More

Slowly, over five years, specially trained archaeologists have removed and cleaned a silver dining set which was literally buried inside a wicker basket by the eruption which destroyed Pompei during ... Read More

A hundred and fourteen years after the British captured Malta from Napoleon's French forces, they offered the island to the French navies engaged in World War One. Vincent Zammit's article ... Read More

Shakespeare has long been the choice of modern performers wanting to introduce children to medieval literature and the Bard's works have seen many reinterpretations. Now Britain's second (arguably) most important ... Read More

The Creeping/Rolling Barrage is indicative of the First World War, where it was used by all belligerents...but what was it? And how fast, exactly, was 'creeping'? Check out this profile ... Read More

Archaeologists, anthropologists and a computer team have been working hard to recreate the faces and features of authentic Roman citizens from a study of their bones. The project should be ... Read More

I occasionally use this news space to mention interesting museum exhibits, always with my apologies to anyone who lives too far away to visit! Well, the 'Texas' Harry Ransom Humanities ... Read More

Dr. SamVaknin's essay on the concepts of 'Just' war and the 'West' is generally arguing against certain recent military actions, but his sweep through many aspects of European history makes ... Read More

A request by the Polish government to extradite Solomon Morel – accused of committing war crimes in 1945 - has been refused for the second time by the Israeli government, ... Read More

Serious readers of history should brace themselves for the effect of this years' 'Da Vinci Code': 'The Historian'. Yes, the success of Dan Brown's very fictional work has produced a ... Read More

Do you have an interest in Romans? Do you live in, or will you be visiting, Britain? Then check out Time Team's Big Roman Dig! (Apologies to non-Britons; if you ... Read More

Earlier this year a book called Himmler's Secret War alleged that British Intelligence Agents murdered Henrich Himmler during the final weeks of World War 2. While there were plenty of ... Read More

Infra-red technology has allowed art historians to peer beneath the paint of Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks and see what lies beneath: a previously unknown drawing which da ... Read More