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Църковната политика на земеделския режим в България (1920:1923): реформи, събори, конфликти
През тригодишния период на самостоятелно земеделско управление (1920-1923) се наблюдава радикален опит за налагане на секуларния модел в отношенията църква-държава в България, вписващ се в категориите на модерността. Действията на земеделците,…
Пътят до Сан Стефано и прелиминарния мирен договор
Подробности и факти от приключването на Руско - Турската война и сключването на Сан-Стефанския мирен договор
Древен Рим
Различни исторически аспекти за Древен Рим. Подробности за медицината, пиратати, колонизирането на Африка, гладиаторите, дипломацията, армията
Who Voted for the Nazis?
Dick Geary sums up the latest research into the voting patterns of the German people in the crucial years that brought Hitler to power
Who Started World War I: Crash Course World History 210
In which John Green teaches you WHY World War I started. Or tries to anyway. With this kind of thing, it's kind of hard to assign blame to any one of the nations involved. Did the fault lie with Austria-Hungary? Germany? Russia? Julius Caesar? One…
The World We Have Lost
Too many historians and commentators view history from a western perspective. In doing so, they turn their back on the roots of our global system, argues Peter Frankopan.
The Siege of Rochester
The struggle between King John and his barons turned into open warfare at Rochester Castle in 1215. Yet the story of how the fortress came to be besieged has not been fully understood, says Marc Morris.
The Road to Runnymede
Magna Carta was born of the loss of King John’s French territories and his increasingly desperate – and expensive – attempts to regain them, argues Sean McGlynn.
All that his great men could expect from him was dishonour … He forbade his chief men…
All that his great men could expect from him was dishonour … He forbade his chief men…
The Rise of the Sons of Mars
The struggle for control of the straits dividing Sicily from southern Italy brought the two great empires of the Mediterranean, Carthage and Rome, head to head. It was a world in which ruthless mercenaries prospered.
The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars
Though attention this year has been focused on the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, the decisive blows that defeated Napoleon were landed at sea, says James Davey.
The man Who predicted the Great war
Few foresaw the horror of the First World War. The financier Jan Bloch did and in 1901 he outlined his vision to Britain’s military establishment
The Fall of Robespierre
The momentous final days of the French revolutionary are well documented. Yet, argues Colin Jones, many of the established ‘facts’ are myths that do not stand up to scrutiny.
The Crusades: A Complete History
Jonathan Phillips offers a comprehensive account of a compelling and controversial topic, whose bitter legacy resonates to this day
The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15
In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John covers the…
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Aleksander Stamboliski and the Bulgarian Contract
Bulgaria suffered a swift and devastating defeat in the First World War, due, G.D. Sheppard argues, to its peasant leader-in-waiting’s shrewd use of…