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What medieval Europe did with its teenagers
What medieval Europe did with its teenagers Today, there’s often a perception that Asian children are given a hard time by their parents. But a few hundred years ago northern Europe took a particularly harsh line, sending children away to live and work in someone else’s home. Not surprisingly, the children didn’t always like it.
Sarajevo: the crossroads of history – FT.com
Sarajevo: the crossroads of history – FT.com On a street corner here 100 years ago, a 19-year-old Serb nationalist shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and triggered the first world war. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, is still a potent and divisive symbol.
Stanford professor looks underwater for history of the Roman Empire
Stanford professor looks underwater for history of the Roman Empire Using archaeological evidence from shipwrecks and harbors, classics scholar Justin Leidwanger uncovers the story of economic networks during a millennium of classical antiquity.
Gettysburg Book Wins $50,000 History Prize
Gettysburg Book Wins $50,000 History Prize | TIME.com Allen C. Guelzo’s “Gettysburg: The Last Invasion” has received the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History.
Espionage in the 16th century Mediterranean: Secret Diplomacy, Mediterranean Go-betweens and the Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry
Espionage in the 16th century Mediterranean: Secret Diplomacy, Mediterranean Go-betweens and the Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry Spies played a crucial role in early modern imperial rivalries. While past scholars have emphasized the Islam/Christendom divide in the Mediterranean, these go-betweens, who mastered the codes of both cultures, easily crossed invisible boundaries between civilizations and connected the Ottomans and…
Conference on Early Medieval Illustrated Texts in Budapest
Conference on Early Medieval Illustrated Texts in Budapest There will be an international conference dedicated to early modern illustrated texts next week at the National Széchényi Library in Budapest. The symposium, organized jointly by the Library and Pázmány Péter Catholic University, is titled: Facing and Forming the Tradition. Illustrated Texts on the Way from Late Antiquity…
Ukraine maps chart Crimea’s troubled past
Ukraine maps chart Crimea’s troubled past If Crimea were to join Russia after the planned referendum on 17 March, it would be the latest of many changes to the map of Ukraine during the country’s troubled past.
How warm weather led to the rise of Genghis Khan
How warm weather led to the rise of Genghis Khan In the thirteenth-century a Mongol warrior named Genghis Khan took control of the nomadic tribes on the Great Steppe and launched a series of invasions that would see a vast empire being established from China to Eastern Europe. Now a team of researchers have shown…
Big is Back: The Return of Public History
Big is Back: The Return of Public History | History Today Long established in North America, the discipline of Public History is now gaining a firm foothold on this side of the Atlantic.
Crimea and the Hysteria of History
Crimea and the Hysteria of History : The New Yorker “With Ukraine and Crimea suddenly looming as potential Sarajevos, the usual rhetoric of credibility and the horrors of appeasement comes blaring from the usual quarters. People who, a week ago, could not have told you if Crimea belonged to Ukraine—who maybe thought, based on a…
Medieval landmarks in danger from rising sea levels
Medieval landmarks in danger from rising sea levels The Tower of London, the church of Mont-Saint-Michel, and the city of Venice are all in danger of flooding because of rising sea levels, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research note that this process will be slow – taking hundreds…
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