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Ch. 4: Charles, Louis, and Parliament, Pt. 5

In Charles II

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Osmund Airy


This engaging book is an inestimable resource for any student of the merry monarch, Charles II. "Odd's fish," he said "I am a…

Book III, Pt. 5

In On the Nature of Things (Munro translation)

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Titus Lucretius Carus


Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99-55 BC), the author of "De Rerum Natura" or "On the Nature of Things," was a Roman poet and …

Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 1

In The Counter-Reformation

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Adolphus Ward


The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation, and remembered for its infamous Inquisition, was the period of Catholic resur…

Themistokles, Pt. 1

In Lives of Greek Statesmen

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George William Cox


In the darkest days of the Persian War when the armies of Xerxes were overrunning northern Greece, Athens faced destruction. The desperate A…

Ch. 5: The Peloponnesian War. The Sicilian Expedition, Pt. 3

In The Athenian Empire

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George William Cox


The British historian, George W. Cox writes that the "whole duration of the Athenian empire extends over little more than two generatio…

Ch. 10: 1692-1693, Pt. 1

In William the Third

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Henry Duff Traill


William Henry, Prince of Orange and Nassau, Dutch William to the English, was born in a state threatened by the military ambitions of Louis …

Ch. 11: From the Battle of Issos to the Battle of Gaugamela, Pt. 2

In Rise of the Macedonian Empire

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Arthur M. Curteis


Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek…

Ch. 2, Section 2: The Revolution at Prague (March-May 1618)

In The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648

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Samuel Rawson Gardiner


Samuel Rawson Gardiner remains a respected source on the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which began as a civil conflict between Protestant p…

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