A Kingdom Divided: France’s Religious Wars The events of May 12, 1588, represented a pivotal moment in France’s bitter Wars […]
A Powder Keg of Religious and Political Tensions The events of May 12, 1588, when Swiss mercenaries marched through Paris […]
The Rise of Spain’s Sea Commander In the winter of 1588, as Spain prepared its mighty Armada to invade England, […]
A Monarch’s Calculated Ambiguity In the bitter winter of 1588, as England braced for the looming threat of the Spanish […]
A Continent Braces for Conflict As winter tightened its grip on Western Europe in late 1587, an atmosphere of tense […]
The Powder Keg of 16th Century Europe The year 1587 found Europe deeply divided along religious lines. The Protestant Reformation […]
A Merchant-Spy in the Cauldron of War The summer of 1587 found Europe’s commercial and military worlds colliding in the […]
The Strategic Context of 1587 The year 1587 marked a critical juncture in the escalating tensions between England and Spain. […]
The Anglo-Spanish Rivalry Reaches a Boiling Point The spring of 1587 found Europe teetering on the brink of war. For […]
A Clash of Empires in the Age of Sail The spring of 1587 marked a pivotal moment in the long-simmering […]
A World Divided: The Religious and Political Landscape of 16th Century Europe The year 1587 found Europe fractured along religious […]
A Monarch Besieged by Paper In late March 1587, a critical dispatch lay buried beneath mountains of paperwork in the […]
A Pivotal Moment in European Religious Wars On the night of March 24, 1587, Spanish ambassador Bernardino de Mendoza hastily […]
The Powder Keg of Europe: Background to the Crisis The year 1587 marked a turning point in the protracted struggle […]
A Delayed Message Shakes Paris On February 28, 1587, news of Mary Stuart’s beheading at Fotheringhay Castle ten days earlier […]
A Tudor Monarch’s Impossible Choice In the crisp February air of 1587, while Londoners celebrated what they saw as a […]
The Shadow Over England On February 19, 1587, London erupted in celebration as news arrived of Mary Stuart’s execution. Bonfires […]
The Tudor Dynasty’s Tumultuous Backdrop The year 1587 marked a climactic chapter in the long-standing rivalry between Elizabeth I of […]
The Strategic Gamble: Hood’s Tennessee Campaign After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood refused […]
The Strategic Importance of Atlanta By the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. The […]
The Strategic Importance of Atlanta By the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. Union […]
The Collapse of Confederate Morale and Political Unity By the fall of 1863, the Confederate States of America faced a […]
