Today's installment concludes William of Orange Murdered; Netherlands Divides,our selection from The Rise of the Dutch Republic by John Lothrop
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The Fatal Pistols Discharge
Next morning, with the money thus procured, he purchased a pair of pistols, or small carabines, from a soldier, chaffering long about the price
William of Orange Murdered; Netherlands Divides
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Resolve to Murder.IntroductionThroughout the earlier period of the
Rienzi’s Decline and Fall
This is the second half of Rienzi's Revolution In Romeour selection from The Close of the Middle Ages by Richard Lodge published in 1901.For
Rienzi’s Revolution In Rome
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Power Corrupts Rienzi.IntroductionWhen for nearly forty years Rome had
Complete Failure of Logistical Planning
Today's installment concludes Louis IX Leads The Last Crusade,our selection from History of the Crusades by Joseph François Michaud published in
Frontenac Versus Duchesneau
Having given the principal charges of Duchesneau against Frontenac, it is time to give those of Frontenac against Duchesneau.Our special project
The Last Crusaders Embark
The fleet set sail on the 4th of July, 1270, and in a few days arrived in the road of Cagliari. Here the council of the counts and barons was
The Last Crusaders Gather
As religious enthusiasm was not sufficiently strong to make men forget their worldly interests, many nobles who had taken the cross entertained great