History tells us that midterm elections are bad — sometimes very bad — for the party that controls the White House. By Don Gonyea / 10.30.2014 History tells us that midterm elections are bad — sometimes very bad — for the party that controls the White House. President Obama and the Democrats are pushing for[…]
Read my lips (and forehead). Wikimedia Commons Abraham Lincoln brought commercial photographers on board. By Dr. Joanna Cohen / 10.31.2014 Lecturer in American History Queen Mary University of London Face It A virtual unknown on the national stage in 1860, Lincoln needed a public image in the run up to his first presidential campaign. Artists[…]
The University of Glasgow / Photo by Mike Peel, Wikimedia Commons Charlemagne realized that his empire needed a body of educated people if it was to survive. By Dr. Lynn Harry Nelson Emeritus Professor of Medieval History The University of Kansas Carolingian Educational Reforms Charlemagne instructing his son Louis the Pious / Wikimedia Commons Charlemagne[…]
Mandeville’s Travels was, for more than two centuries after its appearance in c.1356, of enormous influence and popularity in many fields of European culture. This paper discusses first its unprecedented generic eclecticism and its casting into the form of a first person narrative, and then proceeds to explore concepts of space and how a journey[…]
In the mid-16th century, Elizabeth I’s government came up with a series of measures to deter “divers evil persons” from damaging the reputation of English coinage and, with it, the good name of the nation. 04.12.2014 The Royal Mint announced last month that in 2017 it will introduce a new £1 coin, said to be the[…]
A Maitraka copper plate / Wikimedia Commons Archaeological evidence suggests that copper was first used between 8,000 and 5,000 BCE. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 09.21.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Introduction Between seven and ten thousand years ago, our early ancestors discovered that copper is malleable, holds a sharp edge, and could be fashioned into[…]