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I have realized that local history scholarship is often met with a dismissive sort of condescension by some historians. If you are self-identified as…
On May 7th 1747, Johanna Magdalena Catharina Judith Van Dorth was baptized in the small church of a village named Warnsveld, in the east of…
Cheryl Bolen is an American author, who has a particular passion for the English Regency Period. She lives in Texas with her husband, who…
I’m a Classicist; a lover of all things Greek and Roman. And I’m also a hypocrite. I’ve spent my entire life (well, from the…
Once a month, women have to deal with the unpleasant sensation that is akin to having their insides dug out with a rusty spoon,…
In reading about Mary of Guise (mother of Marie, Queen of Scots), I came across a touching story concerning her father Claude, Duke of…
I don’t know about you but I have always wanted to be an archaeologist. As such I wanted to ask one what it was…