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… Thomas McDow, Erin Moore, and Kristina Sessa. ( Image Source )   This content is made possible, in part, by Ohio … for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … in the in Central Asia early in the 1300s. Black Death hit Europe between 1347 and 1351. But had aftershocks that ran …

… war. While he respected the Labour leader (the two were personal friends), Churchill clearly regarded Attlee as a … – the Labour Party emerged from the 1945 election with a commanding majority in the House of Commons – Attlee achieved what no other Labour leader had …

… about the many different roles that penguins took on as Europeans first began to encounter them in the mid-1500s, … the starving. Over the course of the following centuries, Europeans had many different interactions with penguins, and … which were only slowly understood to be unique to the South. Featuring Ellen Arnold, an environmental historian …

… Serbs? Will provisions for the demilitarization of the Kosovo Liberation Army and respect for Yugoslavia’s … and relying on military superiority and instead find common ground with its adversaries. In October 1962 Kennedy … Kennedy to move away from seeing foreign policy as a tough competitive game. He came to appreciate the human stakes …

… when volcanoes formed Iceland’s unique island landscapes some 20 million years ago. But in the 1,100 years that … been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … from the Ring Road; Iceland's Ring Road, Highway 1, was completed in 1974 and circles the island in an 828 mile …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered competition at the Parc Agricole d’Achères outside Paris.  … Europe …

… revolutionary journal of record, The Royal Society embodied modern scientific principles. Gresham College, where … to elevate them to an esteemed position in the eyes of competing Oxbridge scientists, derisive Anglican clergy, and … backlash occurred before notable nineteenth-century flashpoints, such as the publishing of Robert Chambers’ Vestiges …

… all of the chemical elements.  Written by Ann E. Robinson. Narration by Nicholas Breyfogle.  Video production by … Ann E. Robinson … Europe …

… for the war in Ukraine is not about oil, coal, or natural resources. It is about asserting specious historical claims. … for the war in Ukraine is not about oil, coal, or natural resources. It is about asserting specious historical claims. … Medieval … Europe …

… 9, 1848, the twenty-three members of the Hanau People’s Commission—leading citizens of the small German city on the … the Prince-Elector (in German, Kurfurst) of Hesse, the sovereign ruler of a principality stretching from Hanau … 9, 1848, the twenty-three members of the Hanau People’s Commission—leading citizens of the small German city on the …

… the Russias.” Services in Moscow capped a series of events commemorating the Romanovs’ tercentenary, in what proved to … with all the pomp of the imperial court. Yet, as Nicholas sought refuge in the vaunted memory of Mikhail’s Russia, he … deemed oppositional, the tsar brusquely cut him off. He welcomed supplicant peasant elders, but Kostroma was part of a …

… behind-the-scenes may have been as important to the outcome of events as the men’s on the battlefield. In Blood … of Bosworth. Gristwood makes good use of the fragmentary sources available to medieval scholars, transitioning smoothly between exposition … Europe … Medieval …

… of often vitriolic public debates. Both futuristic and somehow archaic at the same time, millions now depend on … Managing Editors Lauren Henry and Sarah Paxton ; Associate Editors: Mina Park and Kristin Osborne We thank the … for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily …

… argue that she was murdered because of her Jewish blood. Some of them have gone so far as to accuse the Church of … “Christianize” the Holocaust in order to play down Catholic complicity in Nazi atrocities. This controversy comes at a … did. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a …

… the race. [Correction: As of 2022, France has held 7 races solely in France since 1947.] Written by Darcy Benson. Narration by Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by … Darcy Benson … Europe …

… continues to our day. Do these Church actions prove the incompatibility between science and religion? What lessons can be learned from the thought and actions of Galileo, … into trouble. A geocentric model of the solar system (top) compared to the heliocentric model (bottom) Galileo …

… about this important moment in World War II, as well as the soldiers and civilians who took part in the liberation. Written … Editors Lauren Henry, Sarah Paxton and Brionna Mendoza; Associate Editor: Mina Park and Kristin Osborne We thank the … Europe …

… her work into chapters focusing on the individual episodes of Caesar's life that she has chosen.  Chapter 2 … Whereas in the 20th century, Caesar could just as easily become the savage conqueror again, someone to be resisted … who would finally surrender to Caesar in 51 B.C., would become the symbol of the revolutionary spirit in 19th- and …

… up the existing international state system-the Council of Europe issued a first-time declaration on October 9, 1993 … became painfully aware of this when numbers of their soldiers were killed in Somalia under the direction of a United … historian Eugen Weber Nationalism in the Twentieth Century points out that the "French" spoke a mosaic of regional …

… On April 24, 2015, much of the world will commemorate the centennial of one of the most highly … that the facts of the matter are in doubt, said something absurd, like “There was no genocide, and the … into the Armenian Massacres of 1894-1896,” Comparative Studies in Society and History , XXIV, 3 (July 1982), pp. …