History

ROMANCE and the HISTORY of walled cities are inseparable.

Welche Funktionen hatten Heiligkeiten, Heilige und Heiligenviten im europäischen Früh- und Hochmittelalter?

No final de Fevereiro de 2026, o mundo assistiu, com estupefacao e apreensao, ao inicio de uma nova guerra no Medio Oriente.

Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon--'a history book for Scots'.

The socio-political and cultural memory of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire played a very important role in Antiquity and later ages.

The eighteenth century is often described as the age of reason.

Als Forum für aktuelle universitätshistorische Diskurse nimmt der aktuelle Band des Jahrbuchs die jüngste Tendenz der Forschung auf und behandelt den Themenschwerpunkt der transnationalen Universitätsgeschichte.

According to Edgar Cayce, Atlantis fell in stages after its people misused powers they no longer had the wisdom to control.

Without any exaggeration, sovereignty is the fundamental concept that structures the entire understanding of international relations in the modern world.

In early America, the notion that settlers ought to receive undeveloped land for free was enormously popular among the rural poor and social reformers.

South of the Golden Horn, on the narrow tongue of land-narrow it seems as seen from the hills of the northern shore-is the city of Constantine and his successors in empire, seated, like the old Rome, on seven hills, and surrounded on three sides by sea, on the fourth by the still splendid, though shattered, mediaeval walls.

This exceptional production, steeped in pregnant constructions,  is pregnant with Why Yoruba Should Be the 7th Official Language of the United Nations, while acting as the humble mouthpiece of the African languages.

Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon--'a history book for Scots'.

In this book, we will briefly examine the revelatory gifts, their functions, their differences, and how they work together.

Social and economic changes included an increase in production of food and raw materials, in turn sustaining the remarkable growth of towns and cities over this period.

In Europe, the Schengen crisis, spurred off by the unexpected migration flow in 2015, led to a re-questioning of the functions of "e;borders"e; in European integration.

In the summer of 1411, the ageing Donald of Isla, Lord of the Isles, invaded mainland Scotland with a huge, battle-hardened army, only to be fought to a bloody standstill on the plateau of Harlaw, fifteen miles from Aberdeen, a town he had threatened to sack.

Whether you're a born-and-raised Illinoisan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, IllinoisCuriosities will have you laughing out loud as Richard Moreno takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Prairie State.

Paul Hopkins, an authority on early Jacobitism, sets the Massacre of Glencoe in its true context.

This is the second volume of a three-volume study of Scottish social change and development from the eighteenth century to the present day, originally published by John Donald in association with the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland.

Academic writing in Britain and Ireland has tended to treat the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as discrete subjects of study.

An immersive history of our coasts and the people who have shaped themThe coast means something different to everyone.

Este libro no fue escrito para explicar, sino para encender.

Whether you're a born-and-raised Illinoisan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, IllinoisCuriosities will have you laughing out loud as Richard Moreno takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Prairie State.

Hvad sker der, nar et historisk traume forvandles til en institutionaliseret militaerdoktrin?

During the period between the end of the Hannibalic War and Octavian's decisive victory in the battle of Actium in 31 BC, the Italian peninsula gradually evolved as the heartland of the Roman Empire as it was expanding across the Mediterranean.

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE NEW STATESMAN AND THE TLSA landmark collection by the iconic writer Jamaica Kincaid.

This collection of essays presents historical approaches to the links which have existed for over 800 years between Scotland and one of the areas of continental Europe closest to her: the Low Countries.

The Lutheran Pastor Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815) is remembered today as one of the pioneering figures in early American botany, which earned him the posthumous epithet "e;The American Linnaeus"e;.

The so-called Chronica urbis Romae has long been valued for the exact year-month-day figures that it gives for the reign of every Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to Licinius, especially those for the emperors of the third century, whose dates of accession and death are for the most part unknown.

In 1730, Edmund Burt was sent to Scotland to work as a contractor for the government.

Power is not held.

James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland.

Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon--'a history book for Scots'.

This study examines the political ambitions and influences of the Balliol dynasty in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Scotland, England and France.

This book is the first volume to scrutinise in detail the history of the Highlands and Islands incorporating the most up-to-date research.

Dive into one of history's most haunting maritime mysteries… the vanished sarcophagus of Pharaoh Menkaure.

"e;Montoneros: La Soberbia Armada"e;, del periodista Pablo Giussani, fue uno de los libros mas disruptores y exitosos publicados en la transicion democratica de 1984.

Christmas in MexicoTraditions, Flavors, and Festivities from Every Corner of the CountryWhat makes Christmas in Mexico one of the most vibrant and meaningful holiday celebrations in the world?

The economic crises since 2008, the tensions concerning the Euro, the Greek question and the refugee problem have fuelled a strong "e;Eurosceptic"e; movement.

The modern image of the Roman aristocrat L.

Der Historiker Ortwin Pelc, zuletzt am Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte tätig, hat sich in vielfältiger Weise um die Landesgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins verdient gemacht.

Washington Roebling is well known as the man who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Superpower detente during the Nixon-Ford Administration led to the formation of an East-West regime aimed at conflict control and systemic stability.

Bona Dea, also known as Fauna, was a very important goddess of female initiations in Rome, and several features of hers were shared by similar goddesses in ancient Italy.

While Jewish Palestine has been at the focus of scholarly interest, Greek Palestine has not yet received similar attention.

In the spring of 1798, a French army crossed into Switzerland and shattered a political order five centuries in the making.

All over the world people associate the bagpipes with Scotland.

Washington Roebling is well known as the man who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Challenging the conventional interpretation of Mary of Guise as the defender of Catholicism whose regime climaxed with the Reformation Rebellion, Pamela Ritchie shows that Mary was, on the contrary, a shrewd and effective politique, whose own dynastic interests and those of her daughter took precedence over her personal and religious convictions.