Ulrich Zwingli is typically remembered as a reformer, leading the city of Zurich during the Protestant Reformation. However, he was…
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/08/help-us-decipher-this-inscription.html
When most historians today analyze why a battle was won or lost, they focus on military matters – differences in…
We have all seen some of the amazing pictures that were taken on the battlefield during the Civil War. Who…
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-paintings
Editor's note: We are pleased to welcome Philip Leigh, who brings us a guest post on how the Civil War and…
Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power is one of the great stories of European history. He was born the son of…
One of the most controversial weapons of the Civil War was the torpedo, what we would call a contact mine.…
http://medievalbooks.nl/2015/07/10/chain-chest-curse-combating-book-theft-in-medieval-times/
http://emergingcivilwar.com/2015/07/08/the-other-german
http://westernconservatory.com/articles/the-ghost-of-king-john
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpCUFw-EnNw 99 years ago today, on July 1, 1916, the British, with the assistance of the French, made the first…