The War Must Be Ended, Part II
Defeated in the field, Germany sought peace. But, writes John Terraine, her proposals for a negotiated peace were rejected by the Allies.
Volume 28 Issue 12 December 1978
The Expulsion of the Moriscos, 1609-1614
Many Moors remained under Christian rule in Spain, writes Stephen Clissold, but most of them were finally expelled under Philip III.
Pablo de Olavide: Spirit of an Age
Douglas Hilt introduces the scholar, innovator and agricultural reformer, Pablo de Olavide, who brought to Spain the ideas of the French Enlightenment.
John Lethbridge, Diver
In the early eighteenth century, writes Zélide Cowan, John Lethbridge spent some forty years salvaging treasure from sunken ships.
Bart’s Hospital
St Bartholomew’s was refounded in the reign of Henry VIII. Courtney Dainton describes how, for nearly two centuries, it was one of only two major hospitals in England for the care of the general sick.
August 1862: The Second Battle of Bull Run
Louis C. Kleber describes a crushing defeat for the North in the American Civil War, and its new Army Commander, John Pope.
This War Must Be Ended
In August 1918, writes John Terraine, the German High Command recognized the signs of defeat but four more fighting months passed before the armistice.
The Birth and Background of Jesus of Nazareth
J.K. Elliott describes how many diverse elements are woven into the traditional account of the Nativity; but ‘the inspiration that the story has given to countless believers... speaks for its effectiveness.’