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Welcome to e-Storia! This site has been generated to serve as an open forum for accessible history from around the world. I have assembled on the main page recent posts and links of historical interest. Please feel free to peruse the following pages and posts and contact me with your comments and questions. Thank you for visiting and do visit again soon. You can stay up-to-date on all posts by signing up for regular updates via email.

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RSS This Day in History

  • Clean Water Act becomes law
  • Thomas Edison dies
  • Peking’s Summer Palace destroyed
  • U.S. takes control of Puerto Rico
  • Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile
  • U.S. takes possession of Alaska
  • Reggie Jackson—aka “Mr. October”—hits three homers in three swings
  • Soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub
  • "Roseanne" debuts
  • John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrested for drug possession

RSS The World Next Week

  • Brexit: The Future of Northern Ireland and Scotland
  • Home and Abroad Public Forum: The Climate Crisis
  • The Evolving Military Balance in the Taiwan Strait
  • Virtual Roundtable: The Future of Hong Kong
  • C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Tiff Macklem
  • Academic Webinar: Balancing the Indo-Pacific
  • Young Professionals Briefing: The Future of Democracy Around the World
  • The Latest Developments on COVID-19
  • The Changing Landscape of Terrorism in the United States
  • Virtual Roundtable: The Rise of Economic Inequality

RSS AbeBooks Blog

  • William Nicholson’s Alphabet Book
  • Three Howard University Yearbooks Featuring Kamala Harris Sell for $1,500
  • The story of Takaya Lone Wolf
  • The most desirable rare book of 2020 – A Wonderful Time by Slim Aarons
  • DreamHaven Books – Minneapolis’ haven for sci-fi, fantasy & horror

RSS Smithsonian History Feed

  • Inside the Global Cult of Al Capone
  • The True History Behind 'The Last Duel'
  • Before Rhode Island Built Its State House, a Racist Mob Destroyed the Community That Lived There
  • The True History Behind 'Six,' the Tudor Musical About Henry VIII's Wives
  • Sparta Was Much More Than an Army of Super Warriors
  • The Sex Education Pamphlet That Sparked a Landmark Censorship Case
  • When Playing Video Games Becomes a History Lesson
  • Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery
  • This Civil War–Era Eagle Sculpture Was Made Out of Abraham Lincoln's Hair
  • 'Band of Brothers' Stars Reflect on the Epic Miniseries' Evolving Legacy

RSS History Today

  • On the Spot: Nandini Das
  • Take me to the Church
  • Hercules and Omphale
  • Battle of Hastings
  • A Philosophy of Falcons
  • Women at War
  • Fishing for the Facts
  • Think of the Children!
  • Hitler’s Men in the States
  • How Important was the Battle of Lepanto?

RSS History Today Podcasts

  • Medicine Woman
  • The Crown Lost at Sea
  • The Wars of the Roses: The Queen who Lost Everything
  • Foreign Correspondents in the Soviet Union
  • Nagorno-Karabakh’s Myth of Ancient Hatreds
  • ‘The Terrible Lioness’
  • Terror on Wall Street
  • The Power of the Royal Mistress
  • The Rise of the Valkyries
  • Henry VIII Meets his Match

RSS Medievalists Blog

  • Ancient DNA in the Western Mediterranean
  • Book of the Month: The Twelve of England
  • Ghosts in Medieval Literature
  • Why Was a Scotsman Working as a ‘Cop’ in 15th-century Bologna?
  • I’m a Viking!: A History Book About the Vikings for Kids

RSS In the Middle – Medieval Blog

  • Why the Hate? The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, and Race, Racism, and Premodern Critical Race Studies Today
  • In Support and Solidarity
  • Open Letter from Medievalists In Support of the Wet'suwet'en Protectors
  • A Graduate Student in the (Farmers') Marketplace of Ideas
  • On hidden scars and the passive voice

RSS Medieval Hungary

  • Medieval Charters from the Batthyány Family Archives enter the National Archives
  • In memoriam Ernő Marosi (1940–2021)
  • Two New Exhibitions on Monastic History at the Hungarian National Museum
  • An Overview of the Excavations of Pétermonostora near Bugac
  • The Restoration of the High Altar of Kisszeben

RSS History Extra Podcasts

  • A family history of France
  • Apartheid: everything you wanted to know
  • Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded
  • Trial by combat: the real history behind The Last Duel
  • Liberty and racism: an interconnected history
  • George III: the tyrant who lost America?
  • At home with the Mongols
  • Pompeii: everything you wanted to know
  • Unexpected Edwardians
  • Plagues of our past

RSS Ask the Past

  • How to Freshen Your Face, 1565
  • How to Increase Your Energy, 15th century
  • How to Cure Your Cough, 1558
  • How to Interpret Forehead Wrinkles, 1562
  • How to Pest-Proof Your House, 1639
  • How to Bathe in January, c. 7th century
  • How to Make It Through November, c. 7th c.
  • How to Eat a Pumpkin, 1597
  • How to Survive a Mermaid Attack, 1527
  • How to Treat the Freshmen, 1367

RSS CBC Ideas Podcasts

  • The Dandy Rebel
  • Tangled Roots: A History of Black Hair
  • Don't Look Back: The Myth of Orpheus
  • Margaret Atwood and Omar El Akkad: Beyond Dystopia
  • The University Crisis
  • An Evening with Chickens
  • October Crisis Manifesto
  • The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War
  • 13 Ways of Looking at a Cormorant
  • Lee Maracle delivers the Margaret Laurence Lecture

RSS Council on Foreign Relations

  • Brexit: The Future of Northern Ireland and Scotland
  • Home and Abroad Public Forum: The Climate Crisis
  • The Evolving Military Balance in the Taiwan Strait
  • Virtual Roundtable: The Future of Hong Kong
  • C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Tiff Macklem
  • Academic Webinar: Balancing the Indo-Pacific
  • Young Professionals Briefing: The Future of Democracy Around the World
  • The Latest Developments on COVID-19
  • The Changing Landscape of Terrorism in the United States
  • Virtual Roundtable: The Rise of Economic Inequality

RSS BibliOdyssey

  • Viridarium Novum
  • All Hail Lord Carrington!
  • Military ABC Book
  • Humble Heather
  • Japanese Falconry
  • Sci-Art Pedigree
  • Fiore dei Liberi
  • Peking Opera Figures
  • Schönschreibmeister
  • Folies Bergère

RSS Today’s Document from the National Archives

  • Lee's Demand for John Brown's Surrender

RSS The History Blog

  • World’s oldest ghost found on back of cuneiform tablet
  • Roman lead figurine is warrior, not slave
  • 7th c. B.C. shipwreck illuminates trade in early Magna Grecia
  • Archaeologists return to Bronze Age tumulus
  • Iron Age salt miners ate blue cheese and beer
  • Update: Yorkshire Museum acquires Ryedale Ritual Bronzes
  • 2,700-year-old luxury toilet found in Jerusalem
  • Early Cycladic cist tomb found in Greece
  • 16th c. dish smashes maiolica sales record
  • Tomb of Caecilia Metella reveals secrets of Roman concrete resilience

RSS History of the Ancient World

  • A History of Ancient Rome in 10 Buildings
  • 10 Self-Help Tips from a Roman Emperor
  • The Search for Early Christian Egypt: Archaeology and the Treasures of the Desert
  • Basel papyrus is an ancient medical text, researchers find
  • Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean
  • Pliny the Elder’s History: Recording the past in the Naturalis Historia
  • Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Rome’s Flaminian Obelisk: an epic journey from divine Egyptian symbol to tourist attraction
  • Religions of Ancient Italy
  • Research network sheds new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world

RSS Got Medieval

  • Medieval Batman Cosplay Worth the Click-Through
  • The Medieval Secret To Besieging Castles That THEY Don’t Want You To Know (Wmm… Marginalia #118)
  • A Little Something Classy for the Patron (Mmm… Marginalia #116)
  • Speaking of Horses (Mmm… Marginalia #115)
  • Finally, a reason to call fundamentalists ‘medieval’
  • Make Like a Manuscript and Leaf (Mmm… Marginalia #114)
  • Adventures in Adaptation
  • On Horses, Getting Back On Them (Mmm… Marginalia #113)
  • Gravity in the Margins, again (Mmm… Marginalia #112)
  • Blasphemy, Blaspheyou, Blaspheverybody (Mmm… Marginalia #108)

RSS History and Women

  • Sirma voivode - A woman warrior who led a mountain gang while dressed as a man
  • Sarah Bordetsky - Forget Russia
  • Mary Perkins Olmstead - Landscape of a Marriage
  • Boudicca - Rage Against the Dying Light
  • Martha Graham's Cold War
  • The Aloha Spirit - The Life of Carmen Dolores Jaime Medeiros Rodrigues
  • Edith of Wessex - The Confessor's Wife
  • George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin) 1804-1876
  • Those Not-So Wicked Sporting Ladies of the Wicked West - Pearl DeVere
  • The Pioneer Women of California - Ellen VanValkenburgh, Emily Williams, and Eva VanValkenburg

RSS Roman Times

  • Part 2 of the 4th 30 minute segment of the "Pompeii Virtual Walk" video
  • Pompeii Virtual Walk: Part 1 of the 4th 30-minute segment
  • Virtual Pompeii Walking Tour - 3rd 30 minute segment
  • Pompeii Walk - the 2nd 30 minutes: On the way to The Lupanar (The Brothel)
  • Pompeii Walk - 1st 30 minutes
  • Disability and the politics of "Divine Disfavor" in the Greco-Roman world
  • The Getae: The noblest and the just of the Thracian tribes (according to Herodotus)
  • The Syncretization of Zeus Ammon and the Oracle of Siwa
  • Ptolemaic dynastic portraits using a combination of marble and stucco: Economy, Practicality, or Distinctive Style?
  • The Empire's Physician: Prosperity, Plague, and Healing in Ancient Rome

RSS Stuff You Missed in History Class

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RSS Intelligent Life

  • October/November 2021
  • Pitching guidelines
  • August/September 2021
  • “The illusion of citizenship has gone”: Israel’s Arabs look to the future
  • My Nextdoor neighbours from hell
  • My covid epiphany: a year of doing nothing changed everything
  • Perfection or perversion? Why Hawaiian pizza is the polarising issue of our times
  • How the pandemic made fonts friendlier
  • June/July 2021
  • I can’t wait to get back to normal. How long before I’m bored?

RSS The Victorian Era

  • Guest post: Wife beating in Victorian England …The ‘Rule of Thumb’
  • The history of schooling in Victorian Britain (guest post)
  • The mysterious case of the Foxborough bike racks
  • Take a stroll through a map (sponsored post)
  • The History Of The Bed: From Horse Hair To Now. How Have They Changed?
  • A Pocket of 19th Century Fashion in 21st Century Africa (guest post)
  • Guest post: Women’s Education in 19th century
  • My Inner Victorian
  • Yesterday enchanting today & the first domestic goddess
  • Sailing the world with spices and a monkey puzzle tree…

RSS Ancient Foods

  • Research delves into role of turkeys to Ancestral Pueblo peoples 
  • Archaeologists explore culinary culture of Lydians with dental tools 
  • A Neanderthal hunting camp in the center of the Iberian Peninsula
  • Study shows evidence of beer drinking 9,000 years ago in Southern China
  • Ancient Roman vacationers consumed gobs of olive oil and fish, volcano victims reveal
  • Research ‘final nail in the coffin’ of Paranthropus as hard object feeders
  • Turns out developing a taste for carbs wasn’t a bad thing
  • The Oldest Wine in Europe Was Just Discovered in Greece
  • 10,000-year-old DNA pens the first tales of the earliest domesticated goats
  • New research shows that Siberian Neanderthals ate both plants and animals

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