"This year," says the Saxon Chronicle, "nine general battles were fought against the army in the kingdom south of the Thames.Continuing Alfred the
Alfred the Great’s Reign
This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The New King.IntroductionAlfred the Great was the grandson of
The Third Crusade – 4
Today's installment concludes The Third Crusade,our selection by Henry Von Sybel.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this
The Third Crusade – 3
The highest hopes were soon destroyed by this lamentable downfall. It seemed as if a stern fate had resolved to give the Christian world a distant
The Third Crusade – 2
It was an unexampled assemblage of the forces of two quarters of the world round one spot, unimportant in itself and chosen almost by
The Third Crusade
This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionAlthough after the failure of the Second Crusade the interest felt by the western
Blood Circulation Discovered – 4
Today's installment concludes Blood Circulation Discovered,our selection by Thomas H. Huxley.If you have journeyed through all of the
Blood Circulation Discovered – 3
It is in conceiving the motion of the blood, as a whole, to be circular and in ascribing that circular motion simply and solely to the contractions of
Blood Circulation Discovered – 2
Galen's great service was the proof that the arteries are as much full of blood during life as the veins are and that the left cavity of the heart,