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World History

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Wars in Early Modern Europe

Image of a battle field. Jacques Callot, the engraver of this map, was not present at the siege, and had to rely on written accounts for his depiction.

Christopher Fletcher, The Newberry
August 31, 2018

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The Inquisition

Drawing of stage in a city square surrounded by a crowd. Members of the Inquisition are on the stage surrounded by victims they will punish, who sit in tiered seats around the edges of the stage. Members of the crowd carry pikes or spears.

Christopher Fletcher
June 14, 2018

20th Century, Collection Essays

Americans and the Holocaust

Daniel Greene, Newberry Library
May 10, 2018

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

The European Discovery of Chocolate

Sarah Peters Kernan
April 13, 2018

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

Edin Hajdarpasic, Loyola University
February 13, 2018

16th Century, Collection Essays

The English Reformation: Tradition and Change

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

Blue, green, and orange map, centering on a projection from of the globe oriented around the North Pole

Peter Nekola
August 1, 2017

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

The Medieval Spice Trade

Two pages from a book. Text on the left hand page. On the right hand page an image of a meal in a noble's house. Meals in noble households were an opportunity to display wealth and power through the number of servants, table decoration, and the food itself. Dishes served at a noble meal would be heavily spiced for taste and to exhibit wealth to guests.

Sarah Peters Kernan
March 28, 2017

17th Century, Collection Essays

Foods of the Columbian Exchange

Sarah Peters Kernan
March 14, 2017

19th Century, Collection Essays

Abolition and European Imperialism in East Africa, 1845-1893

Nathaniel Mathews, Binghamton University
January 26, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

Tudor Visual Culture

Baptista Boazio, an Italian mapmaker living in London, created this map to illustrate an account of Sir Francis Drake’s voyage to the Americas in 1585-1586. Engaged mainly in piracy, Drake captured several Spanish ports in the West Indies.

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