The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, the centerpiece of the Ghent Altarpiece. The Dukes of Burgundy presided over one of the great flowerings of Art and Culture in the Later Middle Ages. While the Nor…

Podcast Episode · Worlds Turned Upside Down · S2 E23 · 1h 1m

The Gravensteen, or Count’s Rock, in Ghent. The Gravensteen Castle was Philip the Good’s primary residence when he was in Ghent. In 1447, Philip the Good pitched a new Tax to the Grand …

Imagine growing up with the world’s most famous uncle, the one who conquered Europe and redefined France. For young Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, bedtime stories came with cavalry charges and imperial…

When we talk about Napoléon, we often talk about battles or politics, but we don't talk nearly enough about the man. Some dismiss him as a proto-Hitler, others adore him as they would a god. But few a...

Hi, my name is Arjun. I am trying to raise funds to help my Dad … Arjun Hundal needs your support for Dad has dementia & has been scammed of his life savings.

In July 1830, Paris erupted. For three days, workers, students, and veterans rose against royal ordinances that trampled the Charter of 1814. Barricades filled the streets, the tricolour flag flew onc...

Ce premier épisode de la série consacrée à Georges Bizet relate le contexte de création de son œuvre Carmen. Autour d'un Opéra Garnier qui tarde à finir de se construire, sa pièce recevra un accueil m...

The H.L. Hunley sunk the USS Housatonic in 1864.

The Princess Sophia sank on October 25, 1918, after striking Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Alaska.

Worlds Turned Upside Down tells the story of the American Revolution as a transatlantic crisis and imperial civil war through the lives of people who experienced it…

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