The Napoleonic wars illustrate how warfare, seemingly the most conventional object of history, defies history’s most conventional...
Year: 2019
Even false nostalgia is a powerful political tool. In 2013, I received an email from Rev. Ray...
Many British radicals interpreted the early events of the French Revolution in mythic terms – akin to the Christian apocalypse. In 1789, many...
First digital map of the murders recorded by the city’s Coroner in early 1300s shows Cheapside and...
An expert explains how a complex set of canon laws and trials are the major obstacle to...
Some argued that Philip IV was destined to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem at the end of...
The End of History is proclaimed anew by each new generation and each new culture. Mesopotamia, Circa...
The joint U.S.-Canada project turned the iconic waterfall into infrastructure designed to create both power and beauty....
Analyzing the communication space and social construct of early modern Europe from the perspective of environmental history....
Thomas Jefferson was deeply distrustful of the potential abuses of monarchy. By Dr. M. Andrew Holowchak To Benjamin...
Henry’s succession to the throne marked, in many ways, a return to peace. 836 years ago, on...
Examining the ancient Greek interpretation of freedom and its collateral of responsibility. Scientific Deliberation and Practical Wisdom―Exclusive...
Athenians preferred to memorialize punishments for eternity. By Dr. Danielle S. AllenJames Conant Bryan University Professor of...
Examining political events and economic forces shaping contemporary migration within and into Europe. By Dr. Russell...
Examining the reception of Italian cuisine in Europe with the early modern and modern movement of migrants...
In the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, reading was a privileged skill available to the upper-class elite. This...
Positioning Problems Problems into its nineteenth-century psychological and philosophical tradition, as understood by Lewes. By Scott C....
Analyzing the Hasmonean rulers’ approach to Hellenistic culture. Abstract The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in...
His rule resulted in revolt and eventually in territorial loss, and in the loss of political prestige,...
The 1920s was a decade of increasing conveniences for the middle class. The 1920s was a decade...
Examining the expansion of the middle classes in the 19th century that led to a new emphasis...
Plastic’s low density allows it to float on water and be swept away by winds and waves...
Since the foundation of Versailles by King Louis XIV, the city often lacked water. In 1859 Versailles...
Up until this epoch, water resources consisted of an old and damaged medieval aqueduct. Operational since 1847,...
Brazil’s history can be divided into five economic periods, each characterized by a dominant export product. By...
Throughout its history, Nicaragua has suffered from political instability, civil war, poverty, foreign intervention, and natural disasters....
Analyzing Soviet agit-trains, initiated in the year 1918, as an important instrument for the dissemination of political...
This year marked the centennial of the conclusion of the First World War, an anniversary that passed...
John Medewall, bearing a very English-sounding name, describes himself as a foreigner, and as such at a...
Monarchs and prime ministers have spent centuries working out which decisions need to be made in public....