Invoking historical figures for one’s own agenda is Politicking 101. For centuries, tyrants have compared themselves and their ideologies to ancient leaders. Philip Daileader wants to separate Napoleon from Charlemagne. […]
Jennifer Paxton presented Wondrium’s wildly successful series “Celtic World.” Before that, she took the lead on “1066: The Year That Changed Everything.” She returns for “England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest.” […]
More than 350 years after the Roman conquest of Britain, Rome fell and the Dark Ages began. This milestone in world history started in the late fourth century C.E. A new Wondrium course details what happened next. […]
The ancient site of Sutton Hoo has a large amount of bodies with broken necks or decapitations. Located near Woodbridge in Suffolk, England, the burial site dates back to the 7th century C.E. This week on Wondrium Shorts, dig into its “ghost bodies.” […]
Although some communities thought they got lucky with the first wave of the plague, they couldn’t imagine what the next waves of the plague would do to them. Many of these communities struggled with the next wave of plague. […]
The Black Death kept ravaging Europe till about 1667. It had an adverse effect on the relative social, economical, and political stability and destroyed all of it. This only led to more chaos when people realized the Church was probably up to no good. […]
Nuremberg is an excellent example of a city that avoided the worst of the plague because of high hygiene standards. With its low death rate of just 10 percent, Nuremberg was unique. […]
The impact of the Black Death on Poland and Milan was lesser than that on many other nations, which were severely affected. This was due to factors like their geographical location and governing powers. […]
While the Black Death caused havoc in most of the countries, there were few like Iceland, Finland, and Poland that escaped the worst of it. Various factors led to the survival of these nations. […]
The Ciompi Revolt began in the city of Florence with the Ciompi, the wool workers, demanding better representation among the civic officials. […]
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