Phrases like “crossing the Rubicon,” “meeting Waterloo,” or “biting the bullet” contain historical stories in a nutshell. Battles, military…
On the Ides of March, 15 March 44 BCE, Julius Caesar attended a meeting of the Senate at the…
The Black Dinner began with two young men on horseback riding to Edinburgh Castle in 1440. William Douglas, 6th…
The murder of Thomas Becket within Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170 sent shockwaves throughout medieval Europe. An archbishop…
On the morning of June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria rode through the streets of Sarajevo. He…
Jousting deaths could change dynasties, extinguish noble bloodlines, and shift the balance of power throughout medieval Europe. But medieval…
Greek mythology influenced nearly every aspect of life in the ancient Greek world. The Greeks used myths to explain…
The best books on the history of Ireland do more than supply dry lists of kings, rebellions, famines, and…
The Dreyfus Affair began with a charge that became a national crisis: a Jewish officer in the French Army…
Napoleon Bonaparte was a revolutionary general who did something unthinkable for 19th-century Europe: he crowned himself. In an era…
