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Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed?
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When studying the lives of Elizabeth I and her rival cousin Mary Stuart, modern interpretations paint a fairly definitive picture of their perceived personalities. Elizabeth’s character is revealed through titles such as Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Katherine Lasky, Elizabeth I: Queen of England’s Golden Age by Paul Hilliam, or Clark Hulse’s Elizabeth: Ruler and Legend. Read more...
Voodoo, Kidnapping and Race in New Orleans during Reconstruction: Interview with Michael A. Ross
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In October, the Oxford University Press will be publishing The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era by Michael A. Ross, an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. Read more...
Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
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Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites. Read more...
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- Fate of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri Glover
- Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert
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- How Extensive Was the Indus Valley Civilization’s Influence
- Was Moby Dick based on real historical events
- What Happened to the Volga German Colonies in Russia
- Was Robinson Crusoe based on a real person
- What is the history of the playground
- What was the Third Wave Feminist Movement
- How Did the Scythians Influence the Achaemenid Empire
- How did the Great Depression change American Foreign Policy
- Why did the Republican administrations during the interwar period support high tariffs on international trade
- What Was the Importance of the Appian Way during the Roman Republic
- How Did the Romans Conquer the Etruscans
- How Did Artificial Intelligence Develop
- How did governments develop the idea of Prime Minister
- What is the history of going to the beach
- What is the history of cooling a home in summer
- What is the history of music festivals
- What Were the LA Water Wars
- What is the history of vacations in the United States
- When was the Southeast Asian Trade Organization (SEATO) created
- What was the 1930 London Naval Conference and was it so important
- When was the controversial Export-Import Bank Created
- Why did Daniel Webster negotiate the Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Britain
- Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
- Why did the United States free the African captives on the Spanish schooner Amistad
- What caused the War of 1812
Categories
Below you can find the category structure of the wiki, as well as the pages within each category.
Blog Roll
Here are some links to our Favorite History and Academic Publisher Blogs
- Tropics of Meta
- Nursing Clio
- The Junto
- Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society
- Process: A Blog for American History
- Legal History Blog
- Balkinization
- Cooking in the Archives
- We're History
- Real Clear History
- History News Network
- National Museum of American History
- Oxford University Press Blog
- Johns Hopkins University Press Blog
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