The Cimbri and the Teutones c.120 BC-101 BC
In 1891, farm workers digging in a peat bog at Gundestrup in the far north of Jutland, Denmark, discovered a...
09/03/2019
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Monastic Libraries
Medieval library history extends from the sixth century to the fifteenth century. One could say, as Irwin does, that it...
08/02/2019
The Obelisks of Ancient Egypt
One of the oldest and most iconic structures of ancient Egypt is the obelisk. A rising tower of stone, it...
19/01/2018
The baby who provoked a revolution
The birth of a male heir to James II of England made possible a permanent Catholic dynasty. Several Protestants echoed...
24/06/2017
Red Indians and how to tame them
The Elizabethans’ colonial voyages brought them into contact with a people very different level of civilisation from their own—the ‘Indians’...
16/01/2017
Mormons in search of Promised Land, 1846-69
The Mormons have been described as the most systematic, organised, disciplined and successful pioneers in American history. For over 20...
11/12/2016
The Ideas of 1914
The comparatively static nature of the front line in the west for much of the war meant that, after the...
15/09/2016
‘Alien’ citizens in the Medieval England
Thousands of foreigners poured into England in the Middle Ages. Similar like today, they have been attracted to England by...
25/08/2016
Napoleon Bonaparte’s relatives after he lost power in France
What happened to Napoleon Bonaparte‘s relatives after he lost power in France? They could not stay in France but, perhaps...
25/08/2016
When and where was the trebuchet invented?
Like many premodern technologies, it is not known when or where the first trebuchet appeared. Unlike ancient artillery, which relied...
19/07/2016