The One True Emperor on Earth
As sultan, Süleyman the Magnificent was portrayed as the Shadow of God on Earth, the Caliph of Islam, the Last World Emperor, the distributor of crowns to other rulers and the purveyor of justice.
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Literary Heroine
One of Croatia’s most-read authors, Marija Jurić Zagorka spent her life in defiance of convention.
The Birth of Time
March has two of the year’s most important anniversaries: the creation of the world and the creation of time.
Continental Shame
The Holocaust as European history.
Hot Gossip
Recalling Hollywood’s best anecdotes and old grudges.
Glory or Gravity?
John Hutchinson and Isaac Newton were both devout scholars who believed that the natural world and God were inextricably linked. The similarities ended there.
Toad Testicles, Foul-Beard and Broad-Arse
Nicknames can easily raise an eyebrow, but they have value to the historian beyond humour.
The Power of Protests
Recent protests in China are part of a long tradition of student activism, but results are often lacklustre.
The Lost Tudor
Son of a queen and uncle to the king who founded a dynasty, history almost forgot Edward Tudor. Why?
No Silver Bullet
The extraordinary life of Henry Christophe, King of Haiti from 1811 to 1820.