The ancient and medieval village represented a new stage of the world’s oldest civilized society. By Frances...
Europe
The advent of popular guide did much to popularize these trips and the elite considered travel to...
Within Celtic society there was a binding system where powerful individuals undertook to look after others. Introduction...
His interest in Iron Age Britain and Europe generated a number of publications and he became an...
Despite evidence from external sources, little is known about Scythian history. Introduction Generally thought of as fierce...
Typical goods traded by the Celts included salt, slaves, iron, gold, and furs. Introduction Trade in raw materials...
The witch-hunts of early modern Europe took place against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, and religious...
Distinguishing between different origins of migrants as well as migration motives. Introduction This outlines the general developments...
Examining Europe’s rise out of the ashes of the ruined continent to lasting stability, peace, and prosperity....
Germany’s superior woodworking and stuccowork traditions aided in refashioning the imported Baroque and Rococo styles. Introduction On...
The first European community in North America was established c.980-c.1030 CE by the Norse Viking Leif Erikson....
Roman and early medieval scientific texts were read and studied, contributing to the understanding of nature in...
Characterizing the Middle Ages as a period of darkness is misleading. Introduction So much of what the...
During the Iron Age, Central, Western and most of Eastern Europe gradually entered the historical period. Introduction...
The fin-de-siècle generation condemned the rationalistic individualism of liberal society and the dissolution of social links in...
Monarchs and prime ministers have spent centuries working out which decisions need to be made in public....
Monarchs were demolishing the medieval feudal political system and building strong central government in its place. Introduction...
A time when Europe was swept up in the Renaissance and the Reformation, other major changes were...
Medieval robber barons most often imposed high or unauthorized tolls on rivers or roads passing through their...
The designation Visigothi seems to have appealed to the Visigoths themselves, and in time they came to apply...
White southerners looked to contemporary European nationalist movements and compared the South to aspiring nations abroad. The...
The Gaulish language and cultural identity underwent a syncretism with the Roman culture of the new governing...
Traditional narratives of Europe as the center of history and culture and myths of discovery are addressed...
Empires in the Indian subcontinent shared intertwined histories with principalities to the west such as the Greeks...
The migrants comprised war bands or tribes of 10,000 to 20,000 people during and after the decline...
The Middle Ages saw the emergence of the castle in Europe, which then spread to Western Asia....
The Empire, for much of its history, can be seen as the Christian equivalent of the Muslim...
The first time that Francia is named is in the Panegyrici Latini in the early third century....
Exploring the legacy of the empire and state-system imposed on Europe during the Napoleonic wars. Napoleon has...
The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea...