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Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed?
Featured Article
When studying the lives of Elizabeth I and her rival cousin Mary Stuart, modern interpretations paint a fairly definitive picture of their perceived personalities. Elizabeth’s character is revealed through titles such as Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Katherine Lasky, Elizabeth I: Queen of England’s Golden Age by Paul Hilliam, or Clark Hulse’s Elizabeth: Ruler and Legend. Read more...
Voodoo, Kidnapping and Race in New Orleans during Reconstruction: Interview with Michael A. Ross
Featured Author Interview
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In October, the Oxford University Press will be publishing The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era by Michael A. Ross, an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. Read more...
Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
Featured Booklist
Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites. Read more...
Interviews
These are our interviews with historians discussing their new books.
- Interview:Voodoo, Kidnapping and Race in New Orleans during Reconstruction: Interview with Michael A. Ross
- Interview:The History of Music Piracy: Interview with Alex Sayf Cummings
- Interview:The History of Doctors Without Borders: Interview with Renée Fox
- Interview:Re-evaluating the Albany Civil Rights Movement: Interview with Lee Formwalt
- Interview:Pigs, Parks, and Power in the Antebellum City: Interview with Catherine McNeur
- Interview:Lincoln's Biggest Bet: Interview with Todd Brewster
- Interview:African American Soldiers During the Civil War: Interview with Author Bob Luke
- Angels of the Underground: Interview with Theresa Kaminski
- The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
- Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers
- Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa Goff
- Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.
- Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
- The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
- Fate of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri Glover
- Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert
- American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
- Primed for Violence in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynski
- Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara
- American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg
- Make It Rain: Interview with Kristine C. Harper
- The Cold War, Sexuality, and American Medicine: Interview with Carolyn Herbst Lewis
- Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff
Booklists
Booklists are hand-crafted lists of books our community recommends on different topics.
- Media History Top Ten Booklist
- History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist
- American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
- 19th Century Overview of United States History Top Ten Booklist
- Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
- 19th Century American Intellectual History Top Ten Booklist
- Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist
- Bronze Age (3200-1200 BC) Economy and Trade in the Near East Top Ten Booklist
- The Bronze Age Economy and Trade Top Ten Booklist
- Causes of World War II Top Ten Booklist
- Origins of the French Revolution - Top Ten Booklist
- Top 10 Books on the origins of the Italian Renaissance
- Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist
- The Best Historians and Books According to James McPherson
- The Greek Philosophers Top Ten Booklist
- American Revolution Top Ten Booklist
- Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklist
- British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist
- Civil War Battles Top Ten Booklist
- History of God Top Ten Booklist
- American Civil War Biographies Top Ten Booklist
- 2016 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
- 2017 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
- Category:OAH Awards
- 2015 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
- 2014 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
- 2016 American Historical Association Book Awards
- Category:AHA Awards
- Medieval Philosophy Top Ten Booklist
- Presidential Leadership Top Ten Booklist
- Top 10 Books to Read on Western/British Medical History
- Top Ten Booklist for the History of Ethics
- Gender in Early America Top Ten Booklist
- Ten Essential Books Pertaining to the Holocaust
- Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017
- Top Ten War Books that were turned into Movies
- African American Women's History Top Ten Booklist
- Ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate and Late Periods Top Ten Booklist
- New Kingdom Ancient Egypt Top Ten Booklist
- Great Gifts for History Lovers 2018
- Top Ten History of Voting Rights Booklist
- Top Ten Booklist on Joseph Stalin
- Top Ten Books from the Oxford Battle Series
- Top Ten Books on Julius Caesar
- Top Ten Books on The Medici Family during the Renaissance
- Top Ten Books on the Bubonic Plague
- Top Ten Books on the History of Reconstruction
- Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
- Top Ten Books on Napoleon Bonaparte
Articles
Articles are wiki pages with history essays written by our experts and your contributions.
- Why did the United States start the Mexican American War
- What Caused The Economic Panic Of 1837
- Why did Andrew Jackson want to destroy the Bank of the United States
- Why did the United States begin directly electing Senators in 1913
- How did Mussolini Rise to Power as the Dictator of Italy
- Why did Germany lose the Battle of Stalingrad
- What were Joseph Stalin's goals as World War Two ended
- How historically accurate is the Gladiator
- How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Versailles
- What Role Did the Canaanites Play in the Bronze Age Near East
- What Are the Origins of the Germanic Tribes
- How did William the Conqueror and the Normans win at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
- How Did the God Baal Become Popular
- Who was Theseus the great Athenian king and hero
- What convinced Americans during the 1918 Flu Pandemic to wear masks
Categories
Below you can find the category structure of the wiki, as well as the pages within each category.
Contribute
A wiki is a website that any registered user can edit. You can too! To edit a page, simply go to it, click on Actions > Edit and start writing. Every change is recorded, so we can always recover a previous version in case of mistakes or vandalism. Make sure that you do not copy any other material. All of your contributions need to be original. If you want to create a new page, you can easily do so by using the following form:
Blog Roll
Here are some links to our Favorite History and Academic Publisher Blogs
- Tropics of Meta
- Nursing Clio
- The Junto
- Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society
- Process: A Blog for American History
- Legal History Blog
- Balkinization
- Cooking in the Archives
- We're History
- Real Clear History
- History News Network
- National Museum of American History
- Oxford University Press Blog
- Johns Hopkins University Press Blog