Historical Study & Educational Resources
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Frances Gies [Frances and Joseph Gies ]

azw3 |eng | 2014-08-19 | Author:Fors & Andrew Peter

( Category: Women in History June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-08-11 | Author:Moffat, Alistair [Moffat, Alistair]

Few of the institutions of the Lordship survived in any recognizable form, except one surprising legacy that surfaced in Skye in the 1580s, although the likelihood is that it was ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-02-06 | Author:Ellis, Peter Berresford [Ellis, Peter Berresford]

The Vedas and Upanishads show that the Hindu year was indeed divided into two halves in a fashion analogous to the Celtic year. The Vedic references, such as the Bhadaranyaka, ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-07-12 | Author:Skene, William Forbes [Skene, William Forbes]

St. Oran’s chapel, Iona with Norman doorway. In the last year, however, of King Malcolm’s life the Western Isles passed again under the rule of the Norwegians, having been ceded ...
( Category: Historiography June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-09-21 | Author:Moffat, Alistair [Moffat, Alistair]

10 Rebellious Scots WHILE INTERNATIONAL politics played out in London, Paris and the Netherlands, as new kings came and old kings fled and the balance of power in Europe shifted, ...
azw3 |eng | 2012-09-27 | Author:Clarkson, Tim [Clarkson, Tim]

Bede’s words paint a stark picture of ethnic conflict between indigenous and immigrant groups. We should not feel tempted to accept it as accurate reporting. It contradicts not only modern ...
azw3 |eng | 2016-08-25 | Author:Waddell, L. A. [Waddell, L. A.]

Following up the discovery of the Observation Stone at Keswick, I searched several other of the larger Circles for corresponding stones in the S.W. sector for such markings; and I ...
( Category: Coins & Medals June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-12-20 | Author:Clarkson, Tim [Clarkson, Tim]

6 KING DUNMAIL Dyfnwal, son of Owain, began his reign in what seems to have been a time of relative peace between the Cumbrians and their neighbours. There is no ...
azw3 |eng | 2016-10-19 | Author:Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund [Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund]

Another history We’re familiar with images of the Norse sailing chilly northern seas under slate-grey skies, exploring wide, open waters, foreign countries, and empty lands. We read thundering missives penned ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology June 6,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2011-07-14 | Author:Oslund, Karen [Oslund, Karen]

Language politics also played a major role in Norway after its separation from Denmark and incorporation into the Swedish state in 1814 with the Treaty of Kiel. After centuries of ...
( Category: Conservation June 6,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2012-02-28 | Author:Cummins, Antony [Cummins, Antony]

IV * * * ‘Now Arnkel fell to boring holes in the door-ledge, and laid his adze down the while. Thorleif took it up, and heaved it up swiftly over ...
( Category: Martial Arts June 6,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Suketu Mehta

* * * What is the difference between a refugee and a migrant? It is a strategic choice of words, to be made at the border when you’re asked what ...
( Category: Immigration June 5,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Hite

CHAPTER TEN The Resistance Grows ON OCTOBER 8, 1692, Thomas Brattle (a Harvard graduate and Boston-based mathematician and astronomer) penned a lengthy letter to an unidentified clergyman that sharply criticized ...
( Category: Religious Intolerance & Persecution June 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-26 | Author:W. Scott Poole;

American film had allowed women to be the bad girl, but only if the narrative punished them. West created an enormously powerful female presence that refused the punishment that a ...
( Category: Biographies June 1,2019 )