What is History? | History Today
WEBAug 8, 2020 · History is the study of people, actions, decisions, interactions and behaviours. It is so compelling a subject because it encapsulates themes which expose the human condition in all of its guises and that resonate throughout time: power, weakness, corruption, tragedy, triumph …. Nowhere are these themes clearer than in political history ...
The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
WEBMay 5, 2015 · The First Crusade was called in November 1095 by Pope Urban II at the town of Clermont in central France. The pope made a proposal: 'Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.'.
Why Early Christians Were Persecuted by the Romans
WEBThe real basis was the popular suspicion, contempt, and hatred for the early Christians. Without this motivating force it is inconceivable that the persecutions could have occurred. Under Nero (54-68) occurred the first persecution of a ‘new and mischievous superstition’, as Suetonius described it.
What is Confucianism? - History Today
WEBMar 9, 2017 · Stressing the importance of correct behaviour, loyalty and obedience to hierarchy, Confucianism is a system of ethics devised by the Chinese scholar K’ung Fu-tzu (Latinised to Confucius) in sixth century BC China. An itinerant teacher, Confucius (551–479 BC) essentially systematised elements of ancient Chinese philosophy, which were later ...
George Stephenson's First Steam Locomotive | History Today
WEBJul 7, 2014 · A milestone in railway transportation, George Stephenson's first steam train was unveiled on July 25th, 1814. Within a few years of his death in 1848 George Stephenson was called ‘the father of the railways’, but that accolade has been challenged because there were other engineers involved in the development of the world’s first …
Life Among the Ruins of Pompeii | History Today
WEBNov 11, 2021 · Tall tales of Pompeii’s lost Roman lives form part of a long history of sensationalism. Virginia Campbell | Published in History Today Volume 71 Issue 11 November 2021. To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription, available from only £5. Start my trial subscription now.
A History of Pizza
WEBJul 7, 2018 · The world’s most popular fast food has ancient roots, but it was a royal seal of approval in 1889 that set pizza on the path to global domination. Fast food outlet: a Neapolitan pizza seller, 19th century. Pizza is the world’s favourite fast food. We eat it everywhere – at home, in restaurants, on street corners.
The Opium Wars - History Today
WEBJun 6, 2012 · The wars of 1839-42 and 1856-60 are a perfect case study of the divergence of opinion that the British Empire continues to generate. Julia Lovell | Published in History Today Volume 62 Issue 6 June 2012. Combat at Guangzhou (Canton) during the Second Opium War. Despite Niall Ferguson’s efforts in 2003 to partially rehabilitate British ...
Belgium's Heart of Darkness - History Today
WEBOct 10, 2012 · The most famous account of Leopold’s Congo is Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness (1899). With its grisly, bloody imagery, one might imagine that Conrad exaggerated the awfulness of the regime. In fact the cold details of missionary journals make even more horrifying reading. William Henry Sheppard, a Presbyterian missionary, …
The Amritsar Massacre - History Today
WEBApr 4, 2009 · Early in April 1919 news of the arrest of Indian nationalist leaders in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar sparked riots in which a mob went on the rampage, killing several Europeans, leaving an English female missionary for dead, and looting numerous banks and public buildings. British and Indian troops under the command of Brigadier-General ...
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