1. What was the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt? Try the full 10 question quiz. The post General History Quiz 213 appeared first on History Guild ..read more

"Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast" by Marjoleine Kars: an astonishing original work of history, Blood on the River will change our understanding of revolutions, slavery and of the story of freedom in the New World. The post BLOOD ON THE RIVER: A CHRONICLE OF MUTINY AND FREEDOM ON THE WILD COAST – BOOK REVIEW appeared first on History Guild ..read more

Reading time: 11 minutes From the moment it took power, the Nazis ruled over a German state possessed of two armies. One was the inheritor of the imperial lineage of the First World War, and the second was the Waffen-SS, which grew from a tiny band of Hitler’s most hardened antisemites to a force of nearly a million men from over two dozen nations before its demise. The post Traitors to King and Country: Inside the British Free Corps, Hitler’s British Legion appeared first on History Guild ..read more

Reading time: 5 minutes Neanderthals were until quite recently often seen as simple-minded savages – powerful hunters with a short attention span. But in the last few years, scientists have realised that they were a lot more refined than previously thought – capable of caring for the vulnerable, burying their dead and even adorning themselves with feathers and beads. The post Neanderthals were no brutes – research reveals they may have been precision workers appeared first on History Guild ..read more

1. Where was the Inca capital? Try the full 10 question quiz. The post General History Quiz 212 appeared first on History Guild ..read more

Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper - a magisterial new biography which goes beyond Luther’s theology to investigate the inner life of the religious reformer who has been called “the last medieval man and the first modern one.” The post MARTIN LUTHER: RENEGADE AND PROPHET – BOOK REVIEW appeared first on History Guild ..read more

In the annual discussion of the Gallipoli campaign Australians are subjected to a variety of hyperbole and parable as commentators and reporters offer up the same old chestnuts for want of something else to say. That at Anzac Cove ‘our nation was born’, that it ‘came of age’ or that Australian forces at Gallipoli were […] The post Who were we fighting at Gallipoli? appeared first on History Guild ..read more

Reading time: 7 minutes Marking the end of World War One, the Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany on June the 28th 1919. Often cited as one of the leading reasons for Germany’s descent into fascism and the start of World War Two, the Treaty of Versailles along with the other treaties signed at the Paris Peace Conference vastly reshaped the borders and the economies of the European continent. The post The Treaty of Versailles: Brutally Unfair or Righteous Retribution? appeared first on History Guild ..read more

Reading time: 7 minutes Levying war against the Crown was one of the key treasonable offences defined by the 1352 Treason Act. Yet, during the civil wars of the 1640s and again in the American Revolutionary War of the 1770s and 80s, those that levied war against the monarch not only avoided punishments for treason, but rejected royal authority and accused their kings of levying war – of committing treason – against the state. The post Treason against the state: The execution of Charles I appeared first on History Guild ..read more

1. Which Battle saw Henry V of England order the French prisoners he had captured to be executed? Try the full 10 question quiz. The post General History Quiz 211 appeared first on History Guild ..read more