It got its name because it was a direct result of Columbus's voyages and the subsequent European colonization of the Americas. The term was first used by historians in the 1970s, and has since become a common term in history and anthropology.
It got its name because it was a direct result of Columbus's voyages and the subsequent European colonization of the Americas. The term was first used by historians in the 1970s, and has since become a common term in history and anthropology.
The National Convention was a constituent assembly that governed France during the French Revolution, from September 1792 to October 1795. While the French monarchy was going through a difficult period, it convened the Estates General in 1789. The people rose up at the same time. The Third Estate co
The Thirty Years War happened in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, being, in European history, one of the highest mortality conflicts. Its initial motivation was the religious differences existing between Catholic and Protestant Christians, but it soon gained other contours.Political motivations
This brief exposition owes much to one of our history doctoral students, Fleur de Casabianca, who defended a doctoral thesis on the hero of Aboukir, Luce de Casabianca de Vescovato (1762-1798) , fallen on board at the age of thirty-six in the company of his son Giocante, who jumped into the air at t
Destiny plays strange games many times and leads a worthy man from utter obscurity to acclaim. Johann von Sporck was such a man. He was born in 1600 on a small farm in Paderborn, Germany. He seems to have received a good education assisted by his three brothers, one of whom worked for the local bish