When scientists observed planets revolved around the Sun, they posited we were now like other planets. And if other planets were like Earth, then they most likely also had inhabitants.
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Artículos sobre European history
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A new study reveals the earliest evidence of humans in Europe, at Korolevo, Ukraine, shining new light on prehistoric migration routes.
The iconic image of a witch on a broomstick has apocryphal origins. But whether they could actually fly didn’t stop Christian society from persecuting them.
European women’s rights expanded in early medieval cities, though they were still limited. Last wills and testaments were some of the few documents women could dictate themselves.
Many young people today know little about the murder of European Jews during the Holocaust, and even less about the murder of Romani communities.
Ridley Scott’s focus on Napoleon’s tactical triumphs, reckless miscalculations and sexual entanglements neglects his paradoxical legacy as a lawmaker.
A new book evokes the tumultuous nature of 16th century Europe through the eyes of three queens: Catherine de’ Medici, her daughter Elisabeth and her daughter-in-law, Mary, Queen of Scots.
In my research, I try to uncover the cultural significance of the placenta and afterbirth in premodern Europe to help us better understand the social and medical history of this important organ.
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press – and may reveal our own hidden fears and desires.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have used DNA from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France to reconstruct the lives of everyday Neolithic people.
Theosophy and its founders had an outsize impact on Americans’ ideas about spirituality and Asian religions.
Yom HaShoah, which falls on April 17-18, 2023, pointedly commemorates Jewish resistance to the Nazis.
Twenty-five years after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, Northern Ireland is still resisting the culture of violence.
Comparisons to history risk glossing over the specific anti-Jewish hatred of the Holocaust.
Badges and other wearable markings had a long history of being used to target Jewish people in Europe.
45,000 years ago, people first started arriving in what’s known as Europe today. We thought a worsening ice age made them disappear – but it seems some lineages survived.
The Newport medieval ship is the most complete section of a 15th-century European vessel discovered to date.
It’s been 200 years since the discovery of one of the oldest human burial sites in western Europe on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
Spain has long avoided addressing the fact that tens of thousands of Spaniards were victims of Nazis, who collaborated with Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco.
Liberal schools of thought largely inform how Muslims are viewed across Europe, research finds.
Principales colaboradores
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Mathematics Lecturer and Ancient DNA Researcher, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Hansen Professor in History, Deputy Dean, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Researcher at the Center for International Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, New York University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Assistant Professor, History Department; Campus Coordinator for the American Democracy Project, California State University San Marcos
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Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor of German and European Studies, UNSW Sydney
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Charles Warren Professor of History, Harvard University
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Professor of Medieval Literature and English Literature, Bangor University
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Associate Professor in International Politics, University of Southampton
