Rome in Ruins: The Sack of Rome in 1527
Reading Time: 24 minutes The Sack of Rome in 1527, marks the tragic descent from a peak of Renaissance splendor to the chaos…
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Reading Time: 24 minutes From Soldier to Legend: The Legacy of Bertrand Du Guesclin
Reading Time: 28 minutes The Hundred Years’ War saw many great soldiers and commanders, but very few have received the same recognition and…
The Most Historic Building in Every U.S. State
Reading Time: 22 minutes Colonial meeting houses, Native cultural sites, frontier forts, Spanish missions and civil rights landmarks are just some of the…
Seafaring Innovators: How the Phoenicians Connected the Ancient World
Reading Time: 18 minutes Considered the “cradle of civilization,” the Mediterranean region produced some of history’s most capable seafarers: the Phoenicians. Living in…
Simon de Montfort and the Birth of England’s First Parliament
Reading Time: 17 minutes Simon de Montfort rose to power during a time of significant political transition in England. In the mid-13th century,…
25+ of the Best Books on the French Revolution
Reading Time: 13 minutes French Revolution books, more than 200 years after the storming of the Bastille, continue to draw avid readers. Rarely…
Inside the Thirty Years’ War: Kings, Cardinals, and Chaos:
Reading Time: 17 minutes Europe, 1618 — a continent fractured by religion, greed, and ambition, teetered on the brink of catastrophe. The Thirty…
20 Elite and Extraordinary Regiments of the Continental Army
Reading Time: 33 minutes The Continental Army started as a ragtag collection of farmers, craftsmen and frontiersmen fighting for freedom. But out of…
The Rise of a Patriot: William Wallace and the Struggle Against England
Reading Time: 14 minutes William Wallace was born in the midst of a crisis that would change Scotland forever. For centuries, the Scots had…
The Great Chiefs: 25 Native American Leaders Who Defined an Era
Reading Time: 37 minutes Bold, wise and visionary, these native American leaders are among those who have helped to make the story of…
