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Like it or not, far more millennials will learn about Renaissance and medieval history through Assas

An inquisitor thirsty for a confession had plenty of medieval tools of torture at his disposal: the

The Easter Uprising of 1916

2017/10/26

Learn about one of the most important events in modern Irish history. On Easter Monday, April 24, 19

Thomas Jefferson once said you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. With those extreme

In a remote forest clearing in Burgundy, France, a 13th-century castle is slowly being constructed u

The Japanese military of World War Two has a nasty reputation—kamikaze pilots, baby killers, and bra

Teddy Roosevelt was not afraid to tempt death. He hiked the Matterhorn during his honeymoon. He arre

Theodore Roosevelt was hell bent on becoming president in 1912. He ran as a third-party candidate fo

Perhaps no president has as many unbelievable stories about his life than Teddy Roosevelt. He was an

Nothing supports the Prohibition movement like a hatchet-wielding radical ready to smash in a Midwes

Shake a family tree long enough and something embarrassing secret is sure to drop out: a felon uncle

Anyone born on American soil gets automatic citizenship. This isn't true in the rest of the world. F

The Pandidakterion (University of Constantinople) was the empire's imperial school. It can trace its

The first death of the Cold War quickly became an anti-communist icon and symbol of the American far

George Washington was the First President of the United States. This is the most basic fact that an

‘Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them: there is no third’ —T.S Elliot The most

Depending on which account you hear, Columbus was either the bravest explorer of the early Renaissan

The Knights Hospitaller were kicked out of Jerusalem following the Third Crusade, but they found a n

Marco Polo is the most famous European explorer to the Far East, but he definitely wasn’t the first.

Damascus swords, which were generally made in the Middle East anywhere from 540 A.D. to 1800 A.D., w