Robert's European History Blog

It probably didn’t escape your attention that Dan Brown of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ fame was sued recently for alleged plagiarism (he won). Well, an author having legal problems is ... Read More

As if Boudicca, the Iceni Queen who led a rebellion against the Roman Empire, asn't been misused enough by political point scorers, archaeologists have announced where they think her ... Read More

A thirteenth century brooch has been found on the Isle of Wight by metal detectorists and this article has a nice picture, with the inscription clear.

By way of balance for the story below, here's one about a definite discovery: a roman burial site containing more than a hundred individuals (albeit where diggers thought they’d find ... Read More

I think this article about archaeologists being "duped" is too harsh on the team involved. Yes, they thought a combination of documents and fieldwork had located a medieval manor, and ... Read More

Stanley Baldwin wasn't the only Briton to misjudge Hitler during the German dictator's early years in power (as reported in this article explaining how Baldwin called Hitler a "remarkable man".) ... Read More

Two few weeks ago I reported on the criticism directed at Sir Bernard Crick's short history of Britain which had been adopted by the government. Well, this page from Britain's ... Read More

Basically an extended review of Catherine Merridale's Ivan’s War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, this article on the myths and truths of the Soviet army during World ... Read More

The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council has given Cambridge University £475,000 (roughly $800,000) to catalogue, care for and digitise the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, arguably the largest and most important ... Read More

Canada East currently has a review of War on the Home Front: The Diaries of Daniel MacMillan 1914-1927. MacMillan was a Canadian man whose sons travelled abroad to fight in ... Read More

Portraits of King Henry VIII of England, his third wife Jane Seymour and their son, the future King Edward VI, by Hans Holbein will be shown at London’s Tate Gallery ... Read More

This article from American Heritage magazine casts an eye across some of the great – and not so great – alternative history novels, concluding that a modern trilogy set during ... Read More

This article from American Heritage magazine casts an eye across some of the great – and not so great – alternative history novels, concluding that a modern trilogy set during ... Read More

London’s ‘Wood and Vale’ newspaper has reviewed – what is supposedly – a touching film about the Holocaust in Hungary. (I can’t go out and a dvd release might be ... Read More