#Napoleonic

ethan 🗣💯

camewitthefetti

Francisco Goya’s “Black Paintings” The Black Paintings is the name given to a group of fourteen paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, likely between 1819

Ian Dunt

IanDunt

This view that only government's can censor, that only state agents coming to your house and slapping something over your mouth counts as limiting free speech, really needs to be

Maddy

abhakhazia

I always think it's an interesting thought experiment to tie a historical date to the present one and examine history through that lens, because periodization can often blind us to

Niall Ferguson

nfergus

Very important piece by Kurt Campbell and Rush Joshi, who will be driving Asia strategy on Biden's NSC: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-01-12/how-america-can-shore-asian-order. “A strategy for the Indo-Paci

David H. Montgomery

dhmontgomery

If you missed it, last week I released an episode of @TheSiecle about attempts at revolution in 1820s France, led by a coalition of veterans and student activists. Students can

David Josef Volodzko

davidvolodzko

Rewatching The Last Samurai, which is based on the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Funny thing, folks have claimed it's a white savior narrative but the *real* problem with this film

Ahmed

Post_Apathy

'Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.' 'That, I

Peter_hopkirk_respecter ☝🏻🇬🇧

PHRespecter

The battle of Ferozeshah was the second battle of the 1st Anglo-Sikh war where the British and EIC army commanded by Hugh Gough, faced off against the Khalsa led by

Marcus Cribb ⚔️

mcribbHistory

Marble Arch:John Nash (1752-1835) was the favoured architect of the Prince Regent, later King George IV. Nash designed which was designed to be a grand gateway to Buckingham Palace &

the needle-felted head of joyce carol oates

queenofbithynia

WILL ANYBODY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE ANTIQUE SLANG DICTIONARIES I AM CATALOGING TODAY OR SHOULD I LEARN TO REPRESS MYSELF FOR TWENTY-FOUR WHOLE HOURS AND FIND OUT ABOUT DELAYED

Emil Sandstedt

bezantdenier

1.) The fourth chapter of 'Money Dethroned - A Journey through Ashes', deals with the British Restriction of 1797 - a much more interesting episode than its boring name would

SHS

seahospital

In honour of our upcoming bicentennial on 8 March 2021, we'd like to tell you about the history of #Seafarers Hospital Society to give you a sense of our legacy

Jeff

JAD965

Painting by numbers, not sure of the value of this thread. Close ups really show the flaws but I expect its nice to see the figure go from primer to

Adam Roberts

arrroberts

I’ve been thinking a bit about historical fiction, lately. This is because I’ve been thinking about writing a historical novel. Or maybe not. 1/ I published "The Black Prince" a

Mummymania Mondays!

mummymaniafacts

It’s time for Mummymania Mondays! #mummymaniamondays today’s theme: what is a Mummymania? (A thread) So… what is Mummymania?After the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 by the Napoleonic campaign,

Troon-hating Worf

milktrucker2

by popular demand (?) I'll do a small thread on this. I'll only cover the finale (last 3-4 minutes) because 1. it's easier to follow and 2. it's a good

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