Otto von Bismarck: The Politician Who Built a Powerful State

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto v...

Located in the heart of Western Europe since eternity, lies Germany bordered with Baltic, Rhine and the Alps from the north, west and south directions respectively. The east of Germany however, has no natural border which has caused much confusion i...

A superb work of intellectual history, this slim volume by one of today's foremost theologians takes you through the mind and times of Europe's firebrand, Martin Luther. Deeply convinced that man and God could have a spiritual relationship unmediate...

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Martin Luther (1483-1546) contributed so much to the development of Western civilization that it is not overstatement to declare that he changed the world as he set the Protestant Reformation in motion five hundred years ago. In this brief sketch, y...

Of all the steppe peoples in the medieval period, perhaps none were more important to European history than the Magyars. Like the Huns and Avars before them and the Cumans and Mongols after them, the Magyars burst into Europe as a destructive, unst...

This is a book with 3 different topics, all related to the 18th and 19th century history of Germany. The topics are the following:Otto von Bismarck: Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schonhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, was a conservative ...

Obscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles MiltonThis program is read by the author, the host of the popular podcast, Unknown History with Giles Milton. The first installment in Giles Milton'...

To summarize everything about this topic, the Weimar Republic was a disaster. Perhaps the setup of the republic wasn’t as much as fault as just the world events that led to the Great Depression, the eventual surrender of Germany to France, Rus...