Join our Mailing List

World History

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and Print Culture in the Reformation

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

Ruby Daily
October 29, 2015

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

Daily Life in Early Modern France

Blake Smith with Caroline Prud'Homme
August 28, 2015

20th Century, Collection Essays

Perspectives on the Mexican Revolution

The Chicago-based mapmaking and printing company Rand McNally published this representation of the Mexican Revolution in 1914.

Hana Layson with Christopher Boyer
February 21, 2014

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

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America

Neal Dugre
September 1, 2013

19th Century, Collection Essays

Caste and Politics in the Struggle for Mexican Independence

Hana Layson and Charlotte Ross with Christopher Boyer
May 16, 2013

17th Century, Collection Essays

Marriage and Family in Shakespeare’s England

Hana Layson with Susan Phillips
July 16, 2012

13th Century, 17th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The Crusades: Motivations, Administration, and Cultural Influence

Reproduction of a colored medieval manuscript illustration showing three white European knights in armor on horses talking to three bearded, darker-skinned men on foot. The darker-skinned men are barefoot and wear long tunics.

Rachel Rooney with Andrew Miller
June 25, 2012

17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko: Slavery and Race in the Atlantic World

Hana Layson with Amelia Zurcher
May 14, 2012