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The 14th-century carving "Nine Good Heroes" (known as "Neun Gute Helden" in the original German) at City Hall in Cologne, Germany, is the earliest known representation of the Nine Worthies. From left to right are the three Christians: Charlemagne bearing an eagle upon his shield, King Arthur displaying three crowns, and Godfrey of Bouillon with ...
Tilly writes about the complex history of European state formation from the Middle Ages to the 1990s – a thousand-year time span. While examining political, social, and technological change, Tilly attempts to explain the unprecedented success of the European nation-state as the dominant polity in the world, [ 1 ] claiming that "the origins of ...
The Loyal Order of the Heroes of America was started by several men from North Carolina, possibly including Henderson Adams, later the first elected State Auditor. The group's leader was John Pool, later a Republican Senator from North Carolina, who spent some time in jail in Richmond, and who traveled through western Virginia in 1864. [1]
Siege money or money of necessity is a form of notgeld (emergency money) that was issued in times of war or invasion, such as during a siege. In the early modern period, it was necessary in Europe because at that time coinage had an intrinsic value and even though a town was besieged commerce had to continue and soldiers had to be paid.
Moyn notes that Scott's work has appealed to many critics of the status quo, from the Marxist left to the libertarian right. Moyn praises Scott and calls the book "sparkling" [ 16 ] but wonders whether Scott is judging the state by standards that make sense to modern residents of stable states, but would confuse the hunter-gatherers whose ...
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Subhas Chandra Bose [h] (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, [l] but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Fascist Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, [q] anti-Semitism, [x] and military failure.