Imagine, if you will, the study of history without reading — how much a sense of the past could you possibly have? The first chapter from World History For Dummies by Peter Haugen. A review of The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium. An interview with Judith Herrin on books on Byzantium. A review of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades by Jonathan Phillips. The introduction to Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present by Daniel Headrick. An interview with Simon Young on books on the Celts. A review of The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings by Robert Ferguson (and more and more). A review of The Virgin Warrior: The Life and Death of Joan of Arc by Larissa Juliet Taylor. A talk with Michael Haag, author of The Templars: The History and the Myth. A review of 1492: The Year the World Began by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. The European discovery of America opened possibilities for those with eyes to see; but Columbus was not one of them. A review of Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. A review of 1688: The First Modern Revolution by Steve Pincus (and more and more and more). The introduction to Before the Deluge: Public Debt, Inequality, and the Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution by Michael Sonenscher. A review of Danton: The Gentle Giant of Terror by David Lawday. The first chapter from Legitimacy and Power Politics: The American and French Revolutions in International Political Culture by Mlada Bukovansky.
