Archive - History in Story

A Tale of Two Baptistries

Brief Thoughts on the difference between the two major baptistries of Ravenna.

Jan 31 •

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December 2024

Embarrassing Paranoia: Review of Phantom Terror

Book Review of Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State by Adam Zamoyski

Dec 6, 2024 •

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September 2024

The Rise of Greek Tyrannies

Brief description on how class conflict led many Greek Polies to be subject to Tyrannies and how those same class conflicts aided the conquest of Rome.

Sep 24, 2024 •

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Reformation: The Overthrow of Roman Monarchy

The exile of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the culmination of a power struggle dating back to the foundation of the City.

Sep 4, 2024 •

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July 2024

Americans: Born in 1815

How the Frontier made the American People not Independence

Jul 7, 2024 •

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Before the Fascists and Communists: Monarchists

A brief description of authoritarianism in early 19th Century Europe

Jul 1, 2024 •

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June 2024

The Great War: Hubris or Analysis

An essay explaining the basic military context in Europe on the eve of the Great War

Jun 2, 2024 •

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April 2024

The Monroe Doctrine: In Defense of Global Liberty

An analysis on how the European Events in the Early 1820s played a key role in the development of the Monroe Doctrine

Apr 24, 2024 •

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March 2024

The Myth of the Independent American West

How the romantic vision of a hard scrabble and independent American West was backed by connections to the settled East

Mar 6, 2024 •

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February 2024

Liberalism: Once Nationalist, Now Internationalist

An outline describing my theory on the historical processes which caused liberalism, a concept once heavily associated with nationalist movements, to…

Feb 26, 2024 •

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The Rise of Greek Tyrannies

Brief description on how class conflict led many Greek Polies to be subject to Tyrannies and how those same class conflicts aided the conquest of Rome

Feb 19, 2024 •

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January 2024

Road to Ratification: Rhode Island

How Rhode Island rejected the Constitution of the United States and how it heroically resisted the coercion of the Federal Government until it was…

Jan 31, 2024 •

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