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March 31 31 Mar

April 1 10 Apr

Sovereignty and the Haitian Revolution in Jean Casimir’s The Haitians: A Decolonial... 29 Mar

Defending the English Revolution in the German Lands 29 Mar

Monday 6 April 1668 7 Apr

Online Talks | HECAA Emerging Scholars Showcase 15 Apr

The Senate and DC Statehood 23 Mar

Monday 13 April 1668 14 Apr

March 3 30 Mar

April 15 15 Apr

April 9 9 Apr

Quasi-entitative Non-entities 26 Mar

Easter in Jane Austen’s Day: a pastiche of information 4 Apr

Tuesday 7 April 1668 8 Apr

The War Wounds of Sir Thomas Fairfa

Looking back on his military service during the Civil Wars, Thomas 3rd Lord Fairfax penned his Short Memorials during the 1660s. The manuscript originals...

Civil War Petitions • 1 Apr 2021

Monmouth Rebellion t -shirts

The Blake Museum Bridgwater has this ace t-shirt that is printed front and back on their online shop. 

Wars of Louis Quatorze • 3 Apr 2021

Renaissance Science – VI

There is no doubt that the fifteenth and sixteenth century introduction of print technologies in Europe, making possible the advent of the printed book,...

The Renaissance Mathematicus • 24 Mar 2021

Easy as Falling Off a Horse

Horses have been used for transportation for thousands of years, but have caused countless injuries and deaths. There is a saying that the only... The...

Journal of the American Revolution • 1 Apr 2021

“What natural right, whether that of smuggling, or of throwing tea overboard?”

The second Boston Tea Party on 7 March 1774 made a smaller splash than the first on the preceding 16 December.There was much less tea involved—fewer...

Boston 1775 • 19 Mar 2021

“Lost Golden City” Discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an important ancient Egyptian city near the modern city of Luxor. The archaeological excavations began...

Brian Sandberg: Historical Perspectives • 12 Apr 2021

Warwickshire in 167

This blog is the second of three blogs written by Anne Cripps, Anne Foster and Anne M Thomas, three University of the Third Age (U3A) researchers working...

Hearth Tax Online • 26 Mar 2021

General of the Holy Roman Empire painting by a Follower of Van Dyck

 Here for a zoomable image at Sotheby's. Sadly no date. 

Wars of Louis Quatorze • 8 Apr 2021

Picture of the Week #647

Walking a path at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015. I think the original intent of this photo was to capture the outside of the part of the Palace...

TudorHistory.org Blog • 12 Apr 2021

Book Note: This Side Idolatry: A Play in Seven Scenes

Jennings, Talbot L. This Side Idolatry: A Play in Seven Scenes.  Unbound typescript, circa 1933, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina...

Bardfilm • 14 Apr 2021

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