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Fort Duquesne Early Modern, Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 4, 2024 / colonial, military history, U.S. history, warfare Pictured here is a circular plaque, commemorating the location of Fort Duquesne in 1774. Today not even ruins remain, but the location is memorable, lying…
Bernini’s Baldacchino Early Modern / August 2, 2024 / architecture, art, baroque, Christian history, religion, renaissance What could be more fun on a Friday than stories about travel and tawdry Popes? How about the Baroque-era Vatican in 17th-century Rome and a…
The Casualties of Timur (aka Tamerlane) Medieval History / February 11, 2024 / military history, political history This is as close an approximation to a long-dead historical figure as we are likely to get: this is “Amir Timur” aka Tamerlane, one of…
Medieval Men’s Hair and Their Social Status Medieval History / November 7, 2024 / art, Central/late Middle Ages, Christian history, Early Middle Ages, literature, religion, social history Hairstyles give a lot of information to others — sometimes even more than clothing, because they are both changeable but also part of the body.…
