World History

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

Michael R. Lynn
February 27, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Crossing Borders Across Venetian, Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, 1500-1800

How did the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interact with each other? How did their competition over southeastern Europe shape these borderlands and their inhabitants?

Edin Hajdarpasic, Loyola University
February 13, 2018

17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Women’s Fight for Their Inalienable Rights, 1630-1898

Cynthia Jurisson, University of Chicago Laboratory School, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution--Chicago Chapter 2017 Newberry Teacher Fellow
December 12, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

The English Reformation: Tradition and Change

What is the English Reformation? When does the English Reformation begin? When does England become Protestant? Why and how was it accomplished? How is the English church different at the beginning of the sixteenth century and at the century’s end?

Ann Kuzdale
August 1, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Thinking about World History: Historic Maps as Sources

What can old maps teach us about world history? What sorts of evidence do they offer, and is displaying evidence the main purpose of these maps, or can they do other things?

Peter Nekola
August 1, 2017

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

The Medieval Spice Trade

How were spices used by medieval Europeans, and why were spices so valuable in medieval Europe?

Sarah Peters Kernan
March 28, 2017

17th Century, Collection Essays

Foods of the Columbian Exchange

How did the Columbian Exchange shape food culture in the modern world?

Sarah Peters Kernan
March 14, 2017

19th Century, Collection Essays

Abolition and European Imperialism in East Africa, 1845-1893

What were the links between abolition and imperialism in East Africa?

Nathaniel Mathews, Binghamton University
January 26, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

Tudor Visual Culture

How does studying visual culture help us to understand history better?

Libby Karlinger Escobedo, Ph.D.
January 12, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and Print Culture in the Reformation

How did the changes in religion during the Reformation shape the medium of print? How did religious leaders and thinkers attempt to interact with their audience(s)? How did the ways in which religious figures used print pave the way for modern mass media?

Dr. Chris Fletcher
December 6, 2016

13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, Collection Essays

The Legacy of the Middle Ages in the Renaissance and Beyond

Left-hand page from a bound manuscript book with two columns of Latin text and visible guidelines. At the top of the left-hand column is a decorative capital. Parts of the text are decorated with a blue-and-red border.

Dr. Karen Christianson, Newberry Library
May 13, 2016

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Living in British Colonial India, 1750–1850

Why did British imperialism take the form it did in India? How did this change the lives of colonial servants in India? Why did individual Britons go to India? What did they expect to find there? What common experiences did they have?

Ruby Daily
October 29, 2015