14,000 Images of the French Revolution Released Online Toppled crowns and tumbrels to the guillotine are just part of the massive archive of images and documents released online this month. The French Revolution Digital Archive, a partnership between Stanford University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, was announced last week with some 14,000 high-resolution images.
Captain Scott’s Secret | History Today
Captain Scott’s Secret | History Today When he started researching the great era of Antarctic exploration, Chris Turney had no desire to add to the commentary on the deaths of Scott and his men. But, during his investigations, he stumbled across a new aspect of the story, with implications for the way the men’s memory…
10 big myths about World War One debunked
BBC News – Lions and donkeys: 10 big myths about World War One debunked Much of what we think we know about the 1914-18 conflict is wrong, writes historian Dan Snow.
BBC News – Isandlwana: The defeat that stunned Victorian Britain
BBC News – Isandlwana: The defeat that stunned Victorian Britain The battle of Isandlwana in 1879 – in which a force of 20,000 Zulus annihilated a British contingent of 1,800 men – became a symbol to black South Africans that white domination was not inevitable. The stories are still being told today.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand descendant: don’t blame us for first world war
Archduke Franz Ferdinand descendant: don’t blame us for first world war | World news | theguardian.com Karl Habsburg-Lothringen says major powers were ready for war anyway when heir to Habsburg empire was assassinated.
Serbia claims letter from 1913 absolves it of First World War blame
Serbia claims letter from 1913 absolves it of First World War blame The Director of the National Archive of Serbia, Dr. Miroslav Perisic, has unveiled a copy of a document from 1913 which he claims absolves Serbia of any “guilt” for the outbreak of the First World War and highlights Austria-Hungary’s preparedness for war with Serbia.
World War I Unit war diaries
World War I Unit war diaries The unit war diaries (record series WO 95) represent one of the most popular collections held by The National Archives. War diaries were kept for two main reasons: to provide an accurate record of operations for preparing the official history of the war to collect information that would help make…
The dictator who collected rare books
The dictator who collected rare books | AbeBooks’ Reading Copy Earlier this week the New York Times reported on the book collection that belonged to Chile’s infamous former dictator General Augusto Pinochet, who was responsible for thousands of deaths and disappearances, and widespread torture. Pinochet used public money to build a vast personal library of Latin America’s…
Medieval Cats Behaving Badly
Medieval Cats Behaving Badly: Kitties That Left Paw Prints … and Peed … on 15th Century Manuscripts | Open Culture
BBC News – St Petersburg 1914: The door to another age
BBC News – St Petersburg 1914: The door to another age As war approached in 1914, the Russian capital St Petersburg was the scene of imperial splendour and abject poverty, utopian hopes and portents of impending doom.
BBC News – Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914
BBC News – Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914 One hundred years ago, Vienna was at the epicentre of a world on the brink of war. Bethany Bell reflects on a century of changes in the Austrian capital.
BBC News – La Belle Epoque: Paris 1914
BBC News – La Belle Epoque: Paris 1914 Paris in 1914 was a city giddy with the pace of industrial, scientific and cultural change, but deeply – and as it turned out, rightly – anxious about what the future would hold.
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