Articles written by Robert Marcell

Novgorod means "new city," but the city itself is one of Russia's oldest.

Aug 17, 2011 - Robert Marcell

Born around A.D. 1364, Christine de Pizan was quite possibly the first woman in European history to support herself as a writer and an intellectual.

Jul 23, 2011 - Robert Marcell

Christine de Pizan was a woman ahead of her era: She was highly educated, very aware of her own intelligence, and one of the world's first feminists.

Jul 23, 2011 - Robert Marcell

The history of the Mayan Empire is traditionally divided into three periods: The Pre-Classic period, the Classic period, and the Post-Classic period.

Jul 18, 2011 - Robert Marcell

Before the coming of the Industrial Revolution, few resources were as important to European empire building as timber.

Dec 30, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Venice is ceremonially married to the sea each year during the Festa della Sensa, a festival that acknowledges the city's historical reliance on the Mediterranean Sea.

Dec 30, 2009 - Robert Marcell

John Donald Hicks's autobiography, "My Life With History," is a personal lesson in 19th and 20th century American history.

Nov 5, 2009 - Robert Marcell

For more than fifty years now, the term "Military Revolution" has been utilized by military historians and early modernists alike.

Sep 7, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Until the advent of modern medicine in the twentieth century, disease proved a far deadlier enemy than any weapon one's foe could bring against you.

Sep 6, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Historiography is an important concept to the academic study of history.

Sep 5, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Kara Mustafa was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1676 to 1683, and the architect behind the 1683 siege of Vienna.

Jun 14, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Using the narratives of three unrelated Japanese citizens, Norma Field produces a compelling look at postwar Japan during the final days of its Showa period.

Jun 14, 2009 - Robert Marcell

The Knights of Columbus is a Roman Catholic fraternal society, first established to provide its members with insurance and protection.

Jun 13, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Author Linda Grant de Pauw introduces her book with the thesis that "[w]omen have always and everywhere been inextricably involved in war."

Jun 9, 2009 - Robert Marcell

In Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference, Dipesh Chakrabarty undertakes an arduous mission.

Jun 5, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Dhuoda of Septimania is known to historians thanks to a book she wrote for her son entitled the "Liber Manualis." It offers some insight into life as a medieval woman.

May 29, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Francis Drake was one of the most successful privateers of the 16th-century, and even fought in the battle against the Spanish Armada.

Mar 14, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Akhenaten (1379-1362 BC) is sometimes credited with the invention of monotheism -- that is, the belief in one god above all others. But just who was this remarkable man?

Mar 12, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Akhenaten (1379-1362 BC) is sometimes credited with the invention of monotheism -- that is, the belief in one god above all others. But just who was this remarkable man?

Mar 12, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Statecraft: The Deeds of Antonio Carafa is a historical biography of an important seventeenth-century statesman that allows readers an intriguing glimpse into the past.

Mar 1, 2009 - Robert Marcell

The mounted caracole was a cavalry formation and battle tactic that was in widespread use through the latter part of the sixteenth century in Europe.

Feb 14, 2009 - Robert Marcell

Pirates were fierce and often desperate sailors, who, when forced to fight, utilized a wide variety of weapons to overcome their foes.

Dec 30, 2008 - Robert Marcell

Julian of Norwich was an important English mystic, and one of only a few female mystics active during the Middle Ages.

Dec 22, 2008 - Robert Marcell

The story of Abelard and Heloise is a tragic love affair out of early 12th-century France, and one of the best-known records of romantic love in the Middle Ages.

Dec 17, 2008 - Robert Marcell