After devastation, the Reconstruction of the United States
/ history.martinez.com The American Civil War had left most states, especially in the South, in chaos and sad decline. American boys from North and South had killed each other, most of them not [...]
More about THE BOOK
The first (and second) volume of General History in print – some news With a book presentation on September 13 at midday, held in the famous Orchid Gardens of Sitio Litre, a beautiful old house [...]
Once upon a time . . .the Law of Fratricide
Mehmed III rid himself of 19 brothers / crowland.uw.hu For those of you who are not entirely confident (very few indeed I should judge) in the English language there are a number of [...]
Hohenstaufen (1138 – 1254) and Hohenzollern (1417 – 1918)
Brandenberg – old and new / en-wikipedia.org The Hohenstaufen dynasty was named after the castle of Staufen (long ruined) in north-eastern Swabia. From 1338 to 1254 its leader were crowned as Holy Roman [...]
The Ottoman Dynasty (and a warning about names)
Suleyman I the Magnificent / bbc.co.uk History students must not confuse the word ‘Ottoman’ with ‘Ottonian’, though it is easy to do so. The latter is another name for an ancient German royal [...]
Names to confuse you (they have another meaning)
Cherry blossom / derwentvalleyphotography.wordpress.com English is a rich language not only because of an immense vocabulary, but also because many words in daily use have another, purely historical meaning. Take for example: [...]
The Anglo-Dutch Wars, Maarten & Cornelis Tromp, Michiel de Ruyter & Robert Blake
Ruyter causing havoc in the river Thames / badassoftheweek.com In the seventeenth century two dominating naval powers emerged, following the reduction of the great Spanish Empire and her navy. They were Holland and [...]
Nine kings at Buckingham Palace
Nine kings – an historic photograph made in 1910 The photograph, still in pristine condition, obviously made by a master photographer, is historic in that it shows no less than nine holders of [...]
The Two Koreas
Distracting the traffic in Pyongyang / koryogroup.com The Korean Peninsula is divided into two, the northern part is officially called The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, while the southern part is simply The [...]
Discovery (Part II)
Usual weather at Tierra del Fuego (rounding Cape Horn) / cleargreengems.com Columbus started his working life travelling in his father’s business. The first long trip was to Chios in the eastern Mediterranean, but [...]
Brief stars in the firmament
/ oocities.org There might have been others, and we will look for them, but the shortest period as a ‘star’ in Hollywood I can discover so far was Roger Herren’s. This promising young [...]
Discovery (Part I)
The Cape of Good Hope / theora.com The Crusades had not achieved very much, had cost a great deal in money and lives, but had at least one merit: they introduced the idea [...]
General History – the first volume
The first Volume of General History as a book is on Amazon For those who are interested the first volume of my 3-volume printed version of articles from General-History.com is on Amazon. Just click on [...]
Balliol, John and Edward
The Old Library at Balliol, an Oxford college founded by the father of John Balliol / balliol.ox.ac.uk John Balliol was born in his native Scotland around 1250, the exact year is uncertain, because [...]
Augsberg (Interim, Confession, League of & Peace of)
Augsberg in 1550 / en-wikipedia.org On the northern tip of the Lechfeld plain in Bavaria, two rivers meet and conjoin – the Lech and the Wertach. Here an occupying Roman called Nero Claudius [...]
The Shogunates of Japan
Yoritomo, first Shogun of many A ‘Shogun’ was a Japanese general of armed forces, but he was also chief of a system of government which dates from the end of the 12th century. [...]
Ptolemys, poisons and Cleopatra
The Furies pursue a Ptolemy for matricide, from a painting by W.A.Bougereau / en.wikipedia.org “There was a lady of Egypt, I’m told The barge she sat in was of burnished gold; Her moral [...]
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