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Not every Renaissance queen was remarkable, but that does not make them insignificant. 

Mongolians have always lived with wolves. During the imperial era, the relationship was an ambiguous one. Under socialism, it became existential.

On the difficulty of keeping time with the people of the past.

The everyday concerns of two Korean farmers are a microcosm of the huge changes their country underwent in the early 20th century.

The soldiers of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, fought the men of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, in Edinburgh on 30 April 1520.

Did the British Empire have a culture?

It’s bad news for local newspapers, with reports that they have reached their lowest numbers since the 18th century. How will historians study the provincial past when they can’t read all about it?

To justify their use in an increasingly anxious Cold War world, nuclear weapons were rebranded as a force for good.

A search for Boudica finds its author, but not the Queen of the Iceni. 

Paris was flooded with Eau de Cologne during the early years of Napoleon’s rule. Everyone was using it and everyone was selling it.