German History

German History is the journal of the German History Society, covering the history of the German-speaking lands from the medieval period through the twentieth century. Published by Edward Arnold from 1984 — when the German History Society was itself founded — and edited in its early years by Richard Bessel (University of York) alongside a wider editorial board drawn from British and German historians.

Editorial scope spans the full chronological range of German history: medieval and early-modern Germany and the Holy Roman Empire; the Reformation and the Thirty Years War; nineteenth-century state-building and the Bismarckian Empire; the Weimar Republic and the Nazi period (a particular concentration of articles across the journal's run); the postwar division and the GDR; reunification and the contemporary period. Articles include original research, historiographical surveys, and review essays.

The journal subsequently transferred from Edward Arnold to Oxford University Press, where it continues to be published on behalf of the German History Society. Back-issues from the Arnold years remain widely cited in current German historiography, particularly for the journal's coverage of the social and cultural history of National Socialism.