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Oliver Cromwell
Biography via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAfter serving on the parliamentarian side in the English Civil Wars, Oliver Cromwell was the lord protector of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland...
Rare letter written by Oliver Cromwell to be auctioned in Edinburgh
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoA rare letter written by Oliver Cromwell in 1648 will be sold at an online auction in Edinburgh. In...
The miserable last days of England’s short-lived republic
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks ago“The great want is money, which puts us to the wall in all our business.” So wrote the politician...
Dwight Weidman column: Aspiring tyrants should look at history
Chambersburg Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe predictable conviction of our next president, Donald Trump, on a crime that has yet to be...
It Didn’t Start with the Jones Act
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA tanker carrying LNG arrives at the French Mediterranean port of Marseille. (Photo by Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images) As...
These ancient objects will be used at King Charles III's coronation
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLONDON — The ritual of crowning a new king or queen is more than 1,000 years old. And each of the...
York in America history: The arrival of the Scottish prisoners
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJames Kences tells the story of the Battle of Dunbar and recounts some of the familiar families who...
Flooded Tewkesbury ‘cut off’ after Storm Henk as homes evacuated across UK
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTewkesbury Abbey surrounded by flood water after Storm Henk - Carl Recine/Reuters Tewkesbury was...
Today in History: December 16, World War II's Battle of the Bulge begins
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2023. There are 15 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began ...
A short history of civilizational collapse: Are we next — and how can we prevent it?
Salon via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCharles I on his way to be executed, 1649Culture Club/Getty Images Last week I published a Salon...