From the American West to the Middle East, the powerless face stark choices when confronted by the powerful
In our chaotic era, there are outcasts—and people who take them in
The new series about 1970s British MP Jeremy Thorpe traces his rise to power, then dramatic fall, complete with charges of a conspiracy to murder
Hopes for a Cold War détente were sky high when the first American and Soviet flights took off 50 years ago
A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization
Helen Rappaport’s new book investigates if the family could have been saved
The autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia takes center stage at this summer's Smithsonian Folklife Festival
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a window on Armenian visions of home
William the Conqueror's coronation was marred by a bizarre incident. The guards outside the cathedral mistook the cheers for a riot
How the 200-year-old literary genre reflects changing notions of history and society
It's 1066 and William of Normandy and his massive army of 14,000 men are preparing to cross the English Channel and invade England
The 1066 battle of Stamford Bridge was said to be so violent that a giant mountain of bones remained a half century later
During World War I, vaudeville star Elsie Janis travelled to France to bring good cheer to U.S. troops
In 1066, the English king Edward the Confessor lay dying in his bed. Three powerful men had strong claims to succeed him
A decades-long quest for one of the most intriguing artworks looted by the Nazis leads to the courtyard of a posh hotel in the German countryside
A new museum in Nimes pays tribute to the grandeur of the Empire
The fast ascension of Harold Godwinson to the English throne in 1066 was greeted with fury by rivals Duke William of Normandy and Viking Harald Hardrada
Seventy-five years ago, Barnes Wallis masterminded a famous World War II attack that involved skipping a bomb into German dams
Prohibited from treating white GIs, the women felt betrayed by the country they sought to serve
Though he ended up seeking congressional approval for the Gulf War, Bush was unconvinced he needed it – saying he would have gone regardless of the vote
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