How the Marxist notion of ‘historical materialism’ has developed is well illustrated by examining its conceptual engagement with cultural and intellectual history, which can be observed through at least two broad phases: what Anderson calls the ‘Classical Tradition’ and, later, what became known as ‘cultural Marxism’.

During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, the form of dualist heresy which later became known as ‘Catharism’ remained very much alive in the south of France despite the violent attempts of the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229), and the subsequent Inquisition, to eradicate it.

Beneath the epic tales of heroes and gods, Troy’s true story is written in something far less glamorous – its rubbish.

On Tuesday, the 4th of November, 1806, the electors of the Borough of Shrewsbury assembled in the town’s guildhall to choose their next parliamentary representatives. There were three candidates for two seats...

Western Civilisation is a product of its past. While it has been influenced by many ideas and events throughout its vast history, it has been primarily shaped by a contest of faith between human reason and divine revelation.

In his classic work, the Republic, Plato argues that, in the ideal political state, power should be entrusted into the hands of true philosophers. 

The First World War, “the war to end all wars,” was really just the beginning. The Second World War wouldn’t have happened without the First World War.

Winston Churchill deftly understood Adolf Hitler’s ideology and changed the outcome of WWII by taking a psychological offensive against him.

The Battle of Watling Street was a clash of two wildly opposing forces and cultures.

This paper examines how Spanish kings ensured the optimum reliability of their intelligence networks within Europe and with America.