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June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

The Northumbrian Border

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I must own to a desire for a fuller recognition of the fact that English history is at the bottom a provincial history. This truth is chiefly left to be exhibited by

King Philip’s War

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In 1675, the number of Indians in New England was roughly computed at fifty thousand souls. They had been supplied with arms by unprincipled traders, which they had learned to use with

Gildas

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The underrated chronicler who paints "fully and vividly the thought and feeling of Britain in the fifty years of peace which preceded her final overthrow."

Richelieu

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"He believed in France, he believed in the Monarchy, and he believed in the Church as the support of the Throne. His one ambition was to make France great..."
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