World History

Russian History

Komsomol, The Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union

WH - May 23, 2017

Komsomol, the Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union, recruited children into communism, even starting the success of oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Before the Soviet Union...

The Acquisition of Bourges by Philip I of France

May 25, 2017

Capital Crimes and Punishment – Medieval Execution Methods

May 21, 2017

Constantine I and the Christianization of Rome

June 21, 2017

Edith Wilson – Our First Woman President?

March 19, 2019

Ancient History

The Real Cleopatra: Brilliant Queen of Egypt

Ancient History

Knossos and the Minoan Civilization

Ancient History

The Kyrenia Ship: Her Last Voyage

American History

Strange Graves in New England Cemeteries

History Bot - August 20, 2017

An article about the old graveyards of Massachusetts where the headstones tell much about the deceased and their habits, foibles and reputations. Mention the name...

The Rise of the Public School in America

July 6, 2017

Battle of Little Bighorn: 20 – News of the Day and...

July 29, 2017

European History

Christmas Carols – Pagan or Sacred Origins?

History Books Bot - December 14, 2017

Brief look at origin of Christmas Carols & influence of St Francis of Assisi on celebration of Xmas by the masses. Christianity popularised by...

Women in the 19th Century – Life in Regency England, Part...

October 18, 2018

The Terms and Conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919

July 31, 2017

Birth of the Etruscans: Ancestors of the Romans

Ancient History WH - May 21, 2017

The boundaries of Etruria were formed by the Tiber and Arno rivers, the Apennine Mountains, and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Diverse physical landscapes provided bountiful...

The Adventures of Young John Quincy Adams

Historical Biographies WH - May 21, 2017

John Quincy Adams was born to John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts, a few miles south of...

The Thegn: Beholden to His King

Ancient British History WH - May 26, 2017

It’s always interesting to encounter words that have changed with time. Thegn is one of those words. We now recognize this word as thane, originally...

Ulysses’ Decade Long Journey from Troy to Ithaca

Ancient Greece History Bot - June 20, 2017

Today, an intrepid yachtsman can trace Ulysses’ almost mythical journey around the western Mediterranean. Odysseus, Ulysses’ Homeric name, derived from ‘The Wolf’, implying he...