This is such an interesting article. And they don't even mention television, which is where history is having its heydey ( Read more... )

This is so cool!!

Zócalo Public Square :: Meet the Philip Marlowe of 15th-Century Paris

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So good!

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-amc-turn-revolutionary-war-20140330,0,5734676.story

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http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/march/online-french-revolution-031914.html

ArtistsHilary Mantel

Novelist, 60
By Claire TomalinApril 18, 2013


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Zócalo Public Square :: We Tore Down the Iron Curtain For This?

"This is a recurring theme of revolutions. Any sort of immediate, violent change means tearing apart identities and reconfiguring the status quo-at least cosmetically-but too often the change is hijacked by the old guard. A large share of Romania’s political elite was part of th ( Read more... )

I have to take this opportunity to give a quick plug to Zocalo Public Square (zocalopublicsquare.org) by linking to today's article inspiring the complex, multi-faceted teaching of history ( Read more... )