Full Width [alt+shift+f] FOCUS MODE Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
18
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’ by Manu S. Pillai review JamesHoare Wed, 07/23/2025 - 09:08
a month ago

Comments

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from History Today Feed

Did It Matter That Elizabeth I Was a Woman?

Did It Matter That Elizabeth I Was a Woman? JamesHoare Thu, 09/04/2025 - 08:50

11 hours ago 2 votes
Playing God: Mossad’s Murder of Achmed Bouchiki

Playing God: Mossad’s Murder of Achmed Bouchiki JamesHoare Wed, 09/03/2025 - 08:50

yesterday 3 votes
Victorian Science’s Duck-Billed Enigma

Victorian Science’s Duck-Billed Enigma JamesHoare Tue, 09/02/2025 - 08:28

2 days ago 6 votes
‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review

‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review JamesHoare Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:10

3 days ago 10 votes
The Real Middle Earth

The Real Middle Earth JamesHoare Wed, 08/27/2025 - 09:06

a week ago 10 votes

More in history

Did It Matter That Elizabeth I Was a Woman?

Did It Matter That Elizabeth I Was a Woman? JamesHoare Thu, 09/04/2025 - 08:50

11 hours ago 2 votes
The Stranglers Present The Colour Black And Other Worlds, 1982

In 1982, BBC Southwest broadcast The Colour Black, a documentary about the colour black (natch.) made by The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell and Jet Black. Cornwell says they “were asked to put together a piece about the colour black for an arts programme called RPM“. Presented by Andy Batten-Foster, RPM was short for Rectangular Picture Machine. … Continue reading "The Stranglers Present The Colour Black And Other Worlds, 1982" The post The Stranglers Present The Colour Black And Other Worlds, 1982 appeared first on Flashbak.

14 hours ago 2 votes
5 Important Philosophers of the Scholastic Method

The term “Scholasticism” refers to the philosophical method practiced at the “schools” or universities during the Middle Ages (hence the name Scholasticism). The word is a broad umbrella term for a kind of philosophical practice dominant during the Middle Ages in Europe. This means that several philosophers can arguably be placed into this category, […]

7 hours ago 1 votes
How Athens Won the War… and Lost the Peace

Glory, Greed, and Unintended Consequences

4 hours ago 1 votes
A Descent Through the Nine Levels of the Aztec Underworld

The Mesoamerican worldview, cyclical and dualistic, understood the universe as a system in constant renewal. The cosmos was organized into 13 heavens and nine underworlds arranged along a central axis, with the earth in the middle. Mictlan was the place where those who died in any way not associated with war, water, or premature […]

yesterday 3 votes