Nicolas Sarkozy reckons the real ancestors of France were the Gauls, but historians have lined up to put him in his place. Immigrants granted citizenship in France must accept that their “ancestors ...

There’s a built-in advantage to portraying your enemies as bigger and fiercer than they really are. If you defeat them, it means you beat 7-foot-tall, bloodthirsty monsters. If you lose, well, hey, ...

Strictly speaking, the term genocide was not formulated until 1939, being legally defined as a crime in 1948. However, as a concept (deliberate and systematic extermination of a human group), it is ...

The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely. One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. So begins the Asterix comic series, which ...

France's ancestors the Gauls were a bunch of heathen forest dwellers, with a penchant for wine, wild boar and roughing up Romans – or so the Asterix comic books would have us believe. Very little of ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest History books news every morning. These days a pretty good litmus test for where people stand on the cultural divide in France is ...

New chemical analysis of iron age skulls confirms the grisly practice, referred to in ancient texts They were fearsome warriors who cut off the heads of their enemies and displayed them for all to see ...

Emmanuel Macron invoked the famous Asterix comics series on Wednesday, complimenting "Lutheran" (Protestant) Danish people who have been open to changes of the last century, as opposed to "unyielding ...