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网页In A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America, Richard Slotkin attempts to untangle the stories that the US tells itself about race, colonialism and the Civil War. Is it a lost cause? The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett picks ...
The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever | History Today
网页2005年3月3日 · In the autumn of 1346, plague broke out among the besiegers and from them penetrated into the town. When spring arrived, the Italians fled on their ships. And the Black Death slipped unnoticed on board and sailed with them. ***. The extent of the contagious power of the Black Death has been almost mystifying.
How Did the First World War Change the Arts? | History Today
网页3 天之前 · The First World War radically changed music – both in Germany and around the world. For one, the mass movement of people (and armies) brought disparate musical traditions, in particular popular music, into concentrated contact with each other. One of the most significant examples is the large-scale transfer of Black American musicians and ...
The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
网页2015年5月5日 · The First Crusade was called in November 1095 by Pope Urban II at the town of Clermont in central France. The pope made a proposal: 'Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.'.
Josephine Baker: An Acceptable Hero | History Today
网页On 30 November 2021 Josephine Baker, the African-American performer who took French citizenship, was inducted into the Pantheon. The Pantheon is France’s secular equivalent to Westminster Abbey, the hallowed home of the country’s honoured dead. Induction and interment within its walls enshrines a person as a national hero.
Why Were the Jews Persecuted? - History Today
网页Biblical Times. Much of the history of the Jewish people can be found in the Old Testament, in which we learn that the Jews are the 'chosen people'. By making a covenant with God, they would, in return for being chosen, obey his laws. After their exile in Egypt the Jewish people were led back by Moses into Israel, where, by force of arms, they ...
What is History? | History Today
网页2020年8月8日 · History is the study of people, actions, decisions, interactions and behaviours. It is so compelling a subject because it encapsulates themes which expose the human condition in all of its guises and that resonate throughout time: power, weakness, corruption, tragedy, triumph …. Nowhere are these themes clearer than in political history ...
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review | History Today
网页6 天之前 · Drenched in nostalgia for the slave-owning South, the film invoked the ‘Lost Cause’ myth of the Civil War, romanticising the Confederacy’s role as a noble effort to preserve a virtuous way of life rather than a violent rebellion to maintain slavery. Many implored the film’s producer, David O. Selznick, not to make it.