The 6th European Summer University (ESU 6) on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics education (Wien July 19-23, 2010) dedicated a section to the history of mathematics education. The speakers were: Oscar Abdounur, Almeida Maria, Kristin Bjarnadóttir, Paula Catarino, Cesar de Mattos Adriana, Andreas Christiansen, Cecilia Costa, Nuno Dias, Fulvia Furinghetti, Livia Giacardi, Gérard Grimberg, Lepka Karel, Erika Luciano, Catarina Mota, Guillame Moussard, João Pitombeira, Edgar Pereira, Tatiana Roque, Wagner Valente, Vitória José. PROCEEDINGS: E. Barbin, M. Kronfellner, C. Tzanakis (Eds.), History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the 6th European Summer University on the history and epistemology in mathematics education . Vienna: Verlag Holzhausen GmbH / Holzhausen Publishing Ltd,