Blogs about History
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Erik Kwakkel
Medieval book historian at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. I post images of medieval books.
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Medieval selfies and the earliest selfie-stickSelfies are by no... Medieval selfies and the earliest selfie-stickSelfies are by no means an exclusively modern phenomenon. During the Middle Ages artists would portray themselves, even realistically. The person seen here made two selfies of himself and even …
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The Fastest Slow Guy You Know
A blog about bicycles, Oakland, California, roads, trails, history.
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Alone and Awheel from Chicago - San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco, California · Sunday, August 01, 1897 Margaret Valentine (Cox) Le Long was 34 when she decided to ride her bike from Chicago to San Francisco, from the '20th of May to the 8th of July,' 1897. I haven't been able to …
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Flintlock and tomahawk
American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
By Ralphus. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
New Revwar from Pendraken (10mm) We've got an early Christmas present for everyone this weekend, with another batch of fantastic Clib sculpts for our American War of Independence ranges! For more info head over to our Forum: https://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.../topic,23411.0.html or browse …
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Frog in a Well
The primary purpose … is to promote more communication between those studying and researching in places like the United States with those in other places such as Japan.
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I Wanna be Bob Dylan A fun book to draw from when teaching modern Japan is Soeda Azembo and Michael Lewis, A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan ( London: Routledge, 2009). You can’t …
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Georgia Before People
I’m writing this blog because I’m fascinated with what the ecology of southeastern North America was before people colonized the region and ruined it.
By Mark Gelbart. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
A Pre-Emptive Subtotal Colectomy? 3 different doctors told us my wife’s colon needed to be removed. This ongoing ordeal began last spring when she sent a fecal sample to Cologuard, a company that advertises frequently since the medical establishment …
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The Graveyard Detective
By Laurie Manton. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
2022-04-13 10:47 A Grisly End to a Lancashire Policeman.A grisly end. Sergeant William James Bedwell of the Lancashire Mounted Police had tied his legs together, cut his throat and jumped in the River RIbble -buried at Preston …
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An Historian Goes to the Movies
Exploring history on the screen.
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The King: Agincourt One of the reasons I stopped posting during Covid was I got busy right in the middle of a two-part review of The King (2019, dir. David Michôd), a movie I rather disliked. I did …
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Historically Woman
Illuminating women's stories from across history.
By Holly. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Maryam Khatoon Molkara – A Fatwa to Live It is well known today that Iran is one of the most dangerous countries for LGBTQ+ people. However, thanks to the actions and determination of one woman, Maryam Khatoon Molkara, Iran now carries out more …
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Historical Ragbag
A site of history's odds and ends, and lots of books.
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Dylan of the wave This is a slight departure for Historical Ragbag, as I’ll be looking at a mythical figure. But it still involves research and a good story so I decided it still fit. In researching for my …
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The History Blog
It’s a blog. About history.
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Early Celtic “grave garden” found in southwest Germany A rescue archaeology excavation in the town of Endingen in southwest Germany on the border with France has uncovered an early Celtic burial ground that is unique for the region. It is a type of …
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History of Knowledge
Research, Resources, and Perspectives.
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Anorexia Nervosa: Hilde Bruch and the Construction of Eating Disorders Explores the construction of the psychiatric category of eating disorders in the 1970s through an analysis of the archive of psychiatrist Hilde Bruch.
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The History of Parliament
Blogging on parliament, politics and people, from the History of Parliament.
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When tinsel was only for the rich: dressing to impress in early modern England Wondering what to wear to a Christmas or New Year party? Deciding how to look one’s best can be a dilemma – but at least our fashion choices aren’t dictated by Acts of Parliament. In …
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The history of Witham, Essex
Some Research by Janet Gyford.
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Manors. Witham (Chipping) and Newland. When I was preparing the Post about the Town Hall, I started to write about manorial records, and their value in local history. But this was breaking up the Town Hall story too much, and …
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History Unfolding
A historian's comments on current events, foreign and domestic.
By David Kaiser. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
An American Story Some weeks ago I finally got around to reading a book I learned about relatively recently--The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. Born a slave in Mississippi in 1847, Lynch had finished the draft of this …
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If I Had My Own Blue Box
Adventures in the Nineteenth Century, and maybe a little beyond -- Anna Worden Bauersmith's Blog.
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New One-Piece Quilted Winter Pattern Q&A 20 people have my new One-Piece Quilted Winter Hood Pattern in their cart. What questions can I answer? ♤ How long does this winter hood take? It took me about 12 hours, in one day, …
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Images of Old Hawaiʻi
Bringing People, Places, and Events in Hawaiʻi’s past alive through text and media.
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Hilo Country Club “For years Hilo has had no golf course. A links at the Volcano and the residents of Hamakua coast and of the Kohala region can get a round or two whenever they desire.” (HTH, Sep …
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In the Middle
a medieval studies blog.
By Cord J. Whitaker, Jonathan Hey, Mary Kate Hurley. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
The Medieval Modern and Carrying on through Grief by Cord J. Whitaker I am trying to order my thoughts today. They have been disordered by the specter of global war in a world where democracy is dying in the face of fascism, where …
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The Invasion Network
Established to encourage collaboration between researchers working under the broad theme of invasion, with a particular focus on British invasion fears in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
By Dustin Risner, Ailise Bulfin. 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 More infoUpdated
Conference Report for ‘Britain Afraid: Imperial Insecurities and National Fears, 1798- 1945’ SUMMARY OF THE PAPERS Conference report for ‘Britain Afraid: Imperial Insecurities and National Fears, 1798-1945’, organised by Dr James Crossland and hosted by Liverpool John MooresUniversity in collaboration with the Invasion Network, 21–22 June 2022 …
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Lancashire Past – Lancashire History Website and Blog
Lancashire History Website and Blog.
By Adrian Bowden, R Bowden. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
A History of Waugh’s Well, near Edenfield Waugh’s Well is built around a natural spring, high up on Scout Moor. It was a favourite place of Lancashire’s most famous dialect poet, Edwin Waugh. Born in Rochdale in 1817, Waugh rose from humble …
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LBV Magazine English Edition – History & Culture
Articles and news on history, archeology, art, science, geography, travel and amazing places.
By Guillermo Carvajal, Jorge Alvarez. 🇪🇸 More infoUpdated
The English Society Dedicated to the Study of Fairies, of Which Walt Disney Was a Member When the bullfighter Rafael el Gallo was introduced to Ortega y Gasset and told that he was a philosopher, he left a phrase for posterity: There’s people for everything. This expression has become a true …