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Dec 6, 20196 min read

Miracle of an Aztec Queen: December 12, 1531

This text comes from our fifth-grade book, From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of America. Though, by 1531, Cortés and the new Audience...

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Dec 5, 20192 min read

Tolkien: Enchanting the Mind with Truth

Tolkien's fairy tales, far from being fit only for children, are an intellectual gold mine. Including J.R.R. Tolkien on a list of the...

Death of a Disillusioned Tsar: December 1, 1825

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Nov 29, 20193 min read

Death of a Disillusioned Tsar: December 1, 1825

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. By 1824, Tsar Aleksandr I of Russia was no longer...

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Nov 26, 20191 min read

The Skills of History

Please enjoy the video recording of our webinar from November 21, 2019.

Death of a Truly Great Woman: November 29, 1780

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Nov 22, 20195 min read

Death of a Truly Great Woman: November 29, 1780

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See sample chapters, here. For ordering...

Seville Falls to the Arms of a Saint: November 23, 1248

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Nov 15, 20194 min read

Seville Falls to the Arms of a Saint: November 23, 1248

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Fernando III became king of Castile in...

Hanging in Chicago's Haymarket: November 11, 1887

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Nov 8, 20195 min read

Hanging in Chicago's Haymarket: November 11, 1887

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. The Winter of 1885–86 was bitterly cold. Thousands...

Martyrdom in California: November 4, 1775

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Oct 31, 20194 min read

Martyrdom in California: November 4, 1775

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. In California as in Florida and other Spanish...

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Oct 29, 20191 min read

The Nature and Goal of History

Please enjoy the video recording of our webinar from October 24, 2019.

A Plea for Peace Ignored: November 1, 1914

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Oct 24, 20194 min read

A Plea for Peace Ignored: November 1, 1914

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. The 57 cardinals who...

The Victory of the Longbow: October 25, 1415

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Oct 21, 20194 min read

The Victory of the Longbow: October 25, 1415

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. For another six years after the Battle of...

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Oct 10, 20195 min read

Moscow Routs Napoleon: October 19, 1812

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Unlike other cities he...

Columbus Thinks He Has Reached the Indies: October 12, 1492

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Oct 4, 20193 min read

Columbus Thinks He Has Reached the Indies: October 12, 1492

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. With a crew of 90 men and boys and a fleet of three...

The Women's March on Versailles: October 5, 1789

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Sep 27, 20194 min read

The Women's March on Versailles: October 5, 1789

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Though he hesitated at...

The Death of a Weak and Regretful Pope: September 22, 1774

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Sep 20, 20197 min read

The Death of a Weak and Regretful Pope: September 22, 1774

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Friedrich the Great of...

The Cost of Delay -- the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam): September 17, 1862

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Sep 13, 20193 min read

The Cost of Delay -- the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam): September 17, 1862

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Lee’s men, said a Maryland woman, were “a most...

Cardinal Gibbons Opens the Parliament of World Religions: September 11, 1893

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Sep 6, 20196 min read

Cardinal Gibbons Opens the Parliament of World Religions: September 11, 1893

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Archbishop Satolli had come to the United States,...

The Death of the Sun King: September 1, 1775

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Aug 30, 20192 min read

The Death of the Sun King: September 1, 1775

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. On September 1, 1715, King Louis XIV of...

The Turks Triumph at Mohács: August 29, 1526

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Aug 23, 20193 min read

The Turks Triumph at Mohács: August 29, 1526

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. If Charles V could not expect help from the...

Nat Turner's Rebellion Begins: August 21, 1831

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Aug 16, 20194 min read

Nat Turner's Rebellion Begins: August 21, 1831

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Before 1822, southerners looked upon slavery as a...

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