Countless times as you read books and learned pamphlets on history, you will meet the French words Ancien Régime. It is an easy bet that many of us…
Category: South American History
Imperialism
Called by some ‘colonialism’ – a mistake – imperialism is a term frequently abused by being used pejoratively by politicians and journalists. For historians, the word can be…
The Congress of Vienna (1814/15)
This international assembly could be said to have established the system of diplomacy that lasted throughout the 19th century, and a long way beyond. It set out to…