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Evidence of an Anglo-Saxon Alliance
The Watlington hoard, found in Oxfordshire in 2015, is a gift to the historian. It dates from the 870s: a decade which saw Alfred the Great face and, after some near misses, stave off a Viking invasion of Wessex...
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Failed Uprisings in Germany, 1918-19
Spartacists Attempt a Coup in Berlin
In power in Berlin at the close of World War I were Germany's Social Democrats – led by Chancellor Friedrich Ebert. The Social Democrats saw themselves as patriotic Germans...
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Extintion Event : The Black Death
The disastrous mortal disease known as the Black Death spread across Europe in the years 1346-53. Chronicles and letters from the time describe the terror wrought by the illness.
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WW1 Germany in 1918 - Armistice at Compiègne
Allies Advance and Germany Willing to Negotiate
Slowly, the Allies continued their advance, with Ludendorff blaming everyone for failures but himself. He denounced what he called "tank panics"
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Ottoman Harems
The word harem conjures up an image in western minds of scantily-clad beauties lounging around fountains, waiting to act out the sexual fantasies of a sultan or emperor.
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Charlemagne's Saxon Wars
The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of more than thirty years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of disaffected tribesmen was crushed.
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Causes of World War I : Alliance System from Bismarck to the Entente Cordiale
System of alliances
The alliance system was started by Bismarck, the German Chancellor from 1871 to 1890. Bismarck held that Germany was a "satiated state"....
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The Rise and Fall of the Borgia Family
The Borgias are the most infamous family of Renaissance Italy, and their history normally hinges around four key individuals....
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Double Standard morality in 17th Century England
The “Poor-Whores Petition” and The Shrove Tuesday Riots of 1668
The Shrove Tuesday Riots were the terror of every working girl in London. Apprentices turned up in droves to participate whore-bashing
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Wonders of Europe - Palazzo Colonna
Palazzo Colonna is one of the oldest and largest private palaces of Rome.
Its construction began in the fourteenth century by the Colonna family, who still resides there since eight centuries.
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