Chaucer’s Scribe?
Saturday March 26, 2005
A professor in English medieval palaeography believes she has discovered the identity of the scribe considered to have reproduced the most accurate version of Chaucer’s original Canterbury Tales. His name ... Read More
"Johnny-come-lately historians"
Saturday March 26, 2005
Vladimir Putin, the increasingly dictatorial president of Russia, has attacked historians, governments and anyone else who understands why many Eastern European countries have been slow to join Russia in celebrating ... Read More
Someone's already been in the archives!
Saturday March 26, 2005
A few weeks ago I reported on a request by the Turkish government for historians to go through their archives, and any related sources, in order to finally construct an ... Read More
Napoleon Out Of The Top Ten?
Saturday March 19, 2005
Long term readers of this site will know Britain and Germany have previously held polls to find their greatest citizen, with Winston Churchill winning the title ‘Greatest Britain’ (to no ... Read More
New Discovery: Site Of Bronze Age Perfume Manufacture
Saturday March 19, 2005
Archaeologists in Cyprus have uncovered a four thousand year old perfumery that probably exported across the Mediterranean. Experts have so far recreated twelve of the perfumes from remains found in ... Read More
A Different Retreat From Moscow
Saturday March 19, 2005
The name 'The Retreat From Moscow' is, as this article explains, indelibly associated with Napoleon's withdrawal from Moscow in 1812 and the ensuing destruction of almost an entire 450,00 strong ... Read More
The Start Of A New Era?
Saturday March 12, 2005
Turkish Leaders have called for a full and impartial investigation into the deaths of over 400,000 Armenians which occurred within the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. A fierce ... Read More
Good Points To The Black Death
Saturday March 12, 2005
According to scientists, around 10% of the European population is immune to the HIV virus. Why such a large amount? Well, the hybrid gene that grants such immunity also helps ... Read More
No Reason To Celebrate The 'Good War'
Saturday March 12, 2005
This article helps to highlight one of the biggest anomalies in modern historical teaching – that for many nations, the Allied effort in the Second World War was a failure. ... Read More
The Great Mortality
Monday March 7, 2005
While reviewing John Kelly's new book on the Black Death - The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time – Richard ... Read More
The Letters Of Abelard and Heloise?
Saturday March 5, 2005
Abelard and Heloise might rank slightly behind Romeo & Juliet and Lancelot & Guinevere in the canon of European romantic legend, but they’re real and we have many of their ... Read More
New Biography of Madame de Stael
Saturday March 5, 2005
According to this review, Maria Fairweather’s new biography does justice to her fascinating subject, the French author Madame de Stael. Of course, calling de Stael an author is like calling ... Read More