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Coic books moral panic

Ten times America created a moral panic

What do Prohibition, Satanic cults, and drag queens have in common? They’ve all been at the centre of moral panics in America. Moments where fear outran facts, and the consequences were …
Livonian brothers - Holy wars

Holy Wars: The blood-soaked legacy of conflicts fought in the name of Christianity

Throughout history, Christianity has been invoked to justify numerous wars, crusades, and violent campaigns—often in stark contradiction to the faith’s central teachings of peace, love, and …
Portrait of Josiah Wedgwood

Why did Britain abolish slavery?

Britain’s relationship with slavery represents one of history’s most profound moral paradoxes. While the British abolition movement is frequently celebrated as a triumph of humanitarian …
Painting depits the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), an important turning point of the Reconquista

The Reconquista: Faith, power, and identity in medieval Iberia

The Reconquista, a complex historical process spanning nearly eight centuries (711-1492), represents one of the most prolonged military, cultural, and religious confrontations in European history. The …
The Mexican-American War: Conflict, conquest, and continental expansion

The Mexican-American War: Conflict, conquest, and continental expansion

The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) stands as one of the most consequential yet often overlooked conflicts in North American history. This pivotal war redrew the continental map, established the …
Statue of the Alamo defenders

The Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo: A defining struggle for independence

The Texas Revolution of 1835-1836 represents a pivotal chapter in North American history, culminating in Texas’s independence from Mexico and setting the stage for its eventual annexation by the …
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a 1680 portrait by Jean Leon

William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania: A haven for the persecuted

Born on 14 October 1644 to English naval officer Admiral Sir William Penn, young William was raised in a household of privilege and connection to the English crown. His father had served both the …
Portrait of Temüjin, better known as Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan: The making of the Mongol Empire

Genghis Khan, born Temüjin around 1162, endured a brutal childhood that shaped his later actions. After his father was poisoned by rival Tatars when Temüjin was only 9, his clan abandoned his family, …
The rise and fall of Prohibition in America

The rise and fall of Prohibition in America: A social experiment gone awry

On 16 January 1920, the United States embarked on one of its most ambitious and controversial social experiments: a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic …
Saint Valentines Day Massacre

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Chicago’s bloodiest gang hit

On the morning of 14 February 1929, Chicago witnessed one of the most notorious gangland killings in American history. Seven men were lined up against a brick wall and gunned down in a garage at 2122 …
Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954

McCarthyism and the Cold War: America’s Second Red Scare

In the aftermath of World War II, as tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated into what would become known as the Cold War, America experienced one of its most controversial …

The First Red Scare: America’s post-WWI fear of Communism and radical change

In the aftermath of World War I, America experienced a period of intense social and political upheaval that would come to be known as the First Red Scare (1919-1920). This tumultuous time emerged from …
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