Historical periods
Which period of history most interests you - ancient, medieval, early modern, modern? In this section we aim to cover them all. Alternatively you can browse our history resources by theme, such as politics, power, women, religion or international relations. Let us know if there is a specific period or topic you would like us to create a resource, podcast or film on by emailing enquiries@history.org.uk
Ancient
- Archaeology on the edge
- Five stones in St Albans: life in Verulamium
- Sophisticated living in sub-Roman Britain
- My Favourite History Place: A Short History of Brill
- Sacred waters: Bath in the Roman Empire
- Michael Wood, Hadrian and the Making of Early England
Medieval
- Out and About: The Parish Armoury in St Mary’s Church, Mendlesham
- Virtual Branch Recording: The Women of the Anarchy
- My Favourite History Place: A Short History of Brill
- ‘A little bird told me’: spies and espionage in the early medieval world
- Out and About: exploring Lancaster’s ‘glocal’ history online and on foot
- The Coronation of King Charles III
Early Modern
- Virtual Branch Recording: The Fall of the English Republic
- The Exclusion Crisis (1679–81)
- Virtual Branch Recording: The cultural world of Elizabethan England
- My Favourite History Place: A Short History of Brill
- Out and About in ‘The most Loyal and Ancient City of Taunton’
- Opinion: Who was ‘the man of his time’?
Modern
- Recruiting volunteers to fight in the First World War
- Doing history: The Old Poor Law in a Regency York Parish 1795–1847
- Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
- My Favourite History Place: A Short History of Brill
- White City: the world’s first Olympic Stadium
- Britain and the First World War: not just battles