The first time that Francia is named is in the Panegyrici Latini in the early third century....
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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...
The spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (from the fifth to tenth centuries) marked the...
In 1947–1948, a series of events caused the nations of Western Europe to become concerned about their...
Batu would serve as the kingmaker of the Mongol Empire. Introduction Batu Khan (l. 1205-1255 CE) was...
With the Mongol invasion of Europe, the world had become a lot more violent and just a...
Italian art and ideas migrated North from Italy. What Was the Renaissance and Where Did It Happen?...
Christianity did not immediately win the hearts and minds of the people of Europe. Introduction Religion in...
After Alaric I, the Visigoths migrated to Spain where they established themselves and assimilated with the Romans....
The designation, Ostrogoth, taken to mean ‘Eastern Goth’, actually means ‘Goths glorified by the rising sun’. Introduction...
These works represent an artistic encounter between East and West. A Controversial Auction In 2009, two eighteenth-century...
On August 23rd, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union stunned the world by announcing a nonaggression...
Lincoln has generally been absent as a model in European social and public life, rarely emphasized as...
The exponential growth of his popularity built into a memorial crescendo. Lincoln’s ascension to the status of...
African cultures never existed in isolation—there was always movement, trade, and the exchange of ideas. Introduction Early...
The splintering of the medieval church ushered in a volatile new era of increased anxiety, tension, and...
How monks, friars and monastic sites became associated with magic in popular tradition, resulting in a lasting...
The relationship between power—or politics—and culture in French history is an ambivalent one, defined as much by...
What did medieval Christians believe about women’s nature and social roles? How did they express these beliefs...
The name “Europe” comes from ancient Greece and was derived from Europa, the mythological princess of Crete....
Witch hunts in the New World began in Virginia, though Virginia’s alleged witches were imprisoned rather than...
An introduction to the development, sponsorship, and goals of European expeditions from the eighteenth to the nineteenth...
The “Roma” and Travelers are not a single, homogeneous group of people. The terms Gypsies, Roma, and...
Eventually, the entire Western Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to profound changes...
Artillery machines were used to good effect throughout antiquity and the medieval era. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
During the European Enlightenment, a number of authors presented Muhammad as an anticlerical hero. Publishing the Quran...
The full range of consumer goods of the period was set out to tempt the shopper and...
Examining the cultural heritage of Early Modern Europe and its influence in contemporary thought. By Angel Solis,...
By the end of the fifteenth century, the majority of Western European cities had a printing press....