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… of the early martyrs are wildly exaggerated, if not completely fictional. But later, better documented deaths … truly persecuted. Christians in the United States have it easy. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a …

… violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … people in the early sixteenth century. For a Spanish soldier fighting with Hernando Cortés named Bernal Díaz del … looking down into the Valley of Mexico, “some of our soldiers asked whether it was not all a dream…It was all so …

… a black president at the nation’s helm, even the most glib commentators can justify focusing on black history. But … and elections, as well as their personnel — generals, soldiers, kings and candidates.   No one tells us more about …   In contrast, the political machine built by the ladies of Washington supplied the young government and capital …

… “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 writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … Cuba? Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN …

… new allegations against powerful men emerge as more women come forward. But, while many are heralding the rise of the … Ohio State University's Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, where she specializes in African American … Vinas-Nelson, song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on their website …

… claim being made lately about the ever-advancing Computer Age. After all, cyber-data is easier to store, … word. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN …

… Welcome to Prologued ! Prologued is a serial podcast from … Oranjudio. Song and Band information can be found on our website and we encourage our listeners to visit episode … Take, for instance, Abigail Adams’s famous “Remember the Ladies” letter, in which she implored her husband, John Adams, …

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of common purpose today in the midst of the coronavirus … Riders on San Juan Hill. There was an even greater need for common purpose as the Great War , what we Americans came to …

… What would cause an apparently normal young woman to commit such a brutal act? Some commentators believe they … society. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN …

… Hornet pilots defied the orders of their American commanding officers. These pilots independently aborted 40 … device. The "blue on blue" incident killed one British soldier and wounded another. These two incidents are cautionary … information during multilateral operations is not always so easy. Coalition warfare—and indeed multilateral operations …

… protection for gays?  Perhaps the same impulse — the same combination of religious fervor and fear of social collapse … today. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN …

… us on an authoritative and eye-opening journey into how the company Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our … take a moment to get to know our speaker. Bart Elmore studies the past to understand how we can live more sustainably … relationship that you can even see here on their company website they say that without Coca-Cola, there would be no …

… shooting a wounded Iraqi prisoner in Fallujah. The soldier in question has been removed from duty and may face a … have been killed before and will be killed again by soldiers making split-second decisions under almost … the last decades of the 20th century. Tales of Americans committing atrocities in Korea have persisted for decades. …

… to have an abortion–by ignoring morality, tradition, and common sense. Those who seek to ban abortion frequently … can be found in western Europe in the Middle Ages. Many medieval legal codes were explicitly based on the Bible. … that the saints have committed murder. And while it’s easy to dismiss these tales as pure fiction, the fact that …

… Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch … Jewish-Christian intellectual relations and Sephardic studies. Matt has a B.A. from the University of California Los …

… Americans to reexamine their past as well. Austria has become something of a pariah state because its governing … handled gold seized from Jews by the Nazis was beginning to die down. Pope John Paul II recently asked for forgiveness … eventually go to war against Nazi Germany, and American soldiers did help liberate the concentration camps, but some of …

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk, produced by Origins , a project of the … Surveillance , which is found on the origins.osu.edu website say hello, Dave. David Hadley  Hello. Leticia … Breyfogle. Our executive producer is David Staley, our website manager and technical advisor is Mitchell Shelton. …

… boys, River and Blue. Folks, you can unveil yourselves and come on to the screen if you'd like. Welcome thank you for … we'd want to think about and some of them may be in the audience today are young people, especially associated with … this will be my last comment on this, is to go check out a website, and we'll send out a link in a second, I'll see if …

… international race for the arctic . He tells us about the complex and perhaps explosive historical dimensions of … Jeffrey Dunifon. Thanks for being on the show, Nick and welcome.   Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Thank you so much, Patrick. … mean is that we may have to give up some of the great goodies that we have, you know, at the moment, I mean, I think …

… had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to … Her care for women and children, her focus on healing bodies, uplifting minds and soothing hearts truly showed her … when little girls didn’t necessarily grow up to be ladies; they became women. Women do a lot of unladylike …

… had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to … Her care for women and children, her focus on healing bodies, uplifting minds and soothing hearts truly showed her … when little girls didn’t necessarily grow up to be ladies; they became women. Women do a lot of unladylike …

… the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … and the failure of the Spring Offensive caused German soldiers’ morale to plummet. The impact was devastating. On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies following a British …

… Elections Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN …