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In Francia, probably in the late 780’s, a monk called John had a troubling vision about the death of Christianity. Charlemagne, king of the Franks (768–814), concerned with reforms of the church and of Christian learning in his realms, was understandably troubled by the vision, and solicited Pope Hadrian I’s (d. 795) opinion. In his […]
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The Nazi era stands as an exceptionally horrific period of global history. But in recent years the perception of Hitler and the Third Reich has changed. In Internet culture, where irony rules supreme, the visage of Hitler has been recontextualized, often in humorous ways, to undercut the terrible reality of the Holocaust. Memes like “Hipster […]
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Reacting to the massacre at Charlie Hebdo two weeks ago, Emile Chabal, the author of A Divided Republic, explores the implications for France as a modern nation.
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Robert Bireley chronicles his interest in German history and how he came to write Ferdinand II, Counter-Reformation Emperor, 1578–1637.
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After the success of his 1851 book on The Roman Wall, in 1863 John Collingwood Bruce (1805–92) published this shorter work, intended as 'a guide to pilgrims journeying along the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus'.
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Elizabeth Heath, the author of Wine, Sugar, and the Making of Modern France, sheds light on the way Guadeloupean workers in the sugarmills and citizens of Aude reliant on the region's wine changed the nature of French citizenship and colonization.
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Julius Ruiz, the author of The 'Red Terror' and the Spanish Civil War, discusses the complicated reaction incited by the Spanish version of his book.
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The 20th century was a difficult time in Spain, where the last 100 years saw civil war, fascism, and a bloody battle for power. Julián Casanova, the co-author of Twentieth-Century Spain: A History, explains the importance of Spain's last century and why it demands to be studied.
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