The expression of desire for reform now became much more general.Continuing 1848 German Revolutions,our selection from The Revolutionary Movement
Demands on the Hapsburgs
He then urged that the future of the dynasty depended on the hearty union between the nations which lived under it.Continuing 1848 German
Denonville Recalled
Concealed by the tempest and the darkness, fifteen hundred warriors landed at La Chine, and silently posted themselves about the houses of the
Death of Nicholas V
Today's installment concludes Nicholas V Rebuilds Rome,our selection from Makers of Modern Rome by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant published in 1895.If
Building the Vatican Library
Vespasian gives us a list of the principal among these five thousand volumes, the things which he prized most, which the Pope bequeathed to the Church
Nelson’s Victory at the Nile
Today's installment concludes Napoleon's Egyptian War,our selection from Popular History of England by Charles Knight published in 1856.If you
“Forty Centuries Look Down Upon You.”
In spite of the desperate courage of the Mameluke cavalry, the steadiness of the disciplined soldiery of the army of Italy repelled every assault and
Hurons Thwart Peace Treaty
For them peace between the French and the Iroquois would be a signal of destruction, since Denonville could not or would not protect his
Another Pope Begins Schism
Today's installment concludes Great Pope/Anti-Pope Schism Begins,our selection from History of Latin Christianity by Henry Hart Milman published in