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Were the Amazons just a “male fantasy”? Here’s the truth behind the ancient world’s warrior women | HistoryExtra
Greek myths of the Amazons blended kernels of truth with male fantasy to create a legend that has lasted for millennia. Here’s the truth behind the Amazons, and why the notion of warrior women fascinated and unsettled the ancient world
What have the Etruscans ever done for us? | HistoryExtra
The wealthy civilisation that dominated the Italian peninsula before the Romans left a legacy that’s full of surprises. Lucy Shipley explains why we have the Etruscans to thank for the way we write, the shape of our towns, Renaissance art – and even horror movies
A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes) | HistoryExtra
Led by figures such as Agatha Christie, this is how a group of the world's most celebrated writers of crime fiction formed a clandestine group to collectively improve their field while taking inspiration from real crimes
After Hiroshima: the atomic plague | HistoryExtra
In the wake of the nuclear attacks on Japan, the official Allied line was that radiation sickness was not a danger. Yet, as Steve O’Hagan reveals, the first western journalist to witness the effects on the people of Hiroshima told a very different story
On the steps of a sacred temple, Cleopatra's feud with her sister came to a blood-soaked end | HistoryExtra
Cleopatra persuaded Mark Antony to order the execution of her sister Arsinoe IV on the steps of one of antiquity’s greatest temples, breaking the sacred law of sanctuary and leaving behind a mystery that still unsettles historians today
Kavita Puri on VJ Day: "We don't talk about the war in Asia – which was a messy, complicated conflict" | HistoryExtra
On the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, broadcaster Kavita Puri – presenter of a new BBC Radio 4 series on the Second World War in Asia – considers why this was the conflict’s forgotten theatre
Is this the secret to understanding US foreign policy? How a powerful doctrine from 1823 reshaped America | HistoryExtra
Speaking on the HistoryExtra podcast, historian Greg Grandin traces the evolution of the Monroe Doctrine, from its origins in the Spanish-American revolutions to its role in interventions, the Cold War, and beyond
What if Harold died at Stamford Bridge, not Hastings? | HistoryExtra
It’s probably one of the recognisable depictions of a medieval royal death: the Bayeux Tapestry’s representation of King Harold of England, an arrow in his eye, meeting his fate at the battle of Hastings in October 1066. But what if he had been killed weeks earlier, at the battle of Stamford Bridge, instead? Historian Dr Marc Morris offers an another possibility
Step onto the medieval Silk Road and you'll witness its intense wonders – and its hidden horror | HistoryExtra
Historian Claire Taylor reveals how slavery thrived across the medieval world, how religion and politics shaped who could be forced into servitude, and why few people questioned its morality
Jonathan Healey: “A connection was made between the rarefied world of the royal court and the politics of the street” | HistoryExtra
Jonathan Healey tells Ellie Cawthorne about the dramatic moments that sparked the breakdown of Charles I’s relationship with parliament and the outbreak of the Civil War
Why Did Tostig Godwinson Betray Harold II In 1066? | HistoryExtra
Though overshadowed by his famous brother Harold, Tostig Godwinson played a small yet crucial part in the dramatic downfall of Anglo-Saxon England as told in the series King and Conqueror. Fuelled by betrayal and ambition, discover how one brother’s quest for power helped to bring about the end of an era
Edith The Fair: Who Was The First 'Wife' Of King Harold Godwinson | HistoryExtra
As seen in King and Conqueror, Edith the Fair was the first wife of Harold Godwinson, and a powerful player in the dynastic struggles of the late-Anglo-Saxon era. But despite her prominence, surprisingly little information about her life remains
Did Harold Godwinson And William The Conqueror Have A Bromance? | HistoryExtra
Their fabled clash at hastings in 1066 changed England and Europe, but how well did Harold and William know each other prior to that fateful day? While King and Conqueror paints them as having something of a bromance, the truth is less clear cut, as historian Tom Licence explains