This timeline, taken from George Goodwin’s book, Propaganda Wars of the American Revolution, details events in Congress in Philadelphia as it moves towards approving the Declaration of Independence on 4th July 1776.
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#OTD 1776: A coalition of Radicals in Congress, their newspapers & a Sons of Liberty mob cow the Pennsylvania representatives & their assembly to back down and comply under “The Authority of the people” themselves. It was the undemocratic moment that would lead to democracy.
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Many of Europe’s great cities owe their origins to crusading 🏙️⚔️
In this History Rage episode, Professor Aleks Pluskowski explains how conquest, castles and settlement created towns across the Baltic — from Riga to Tallinn — leaving a legacy still visible today in stone, streets and borders.
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Europe’s modern borders didn’t appear by accident 🗺️⚔️
In this History Rage episode, Professor Aleks Pluskowski shows how crusading conquest reshaped societies, identities and power structures in Northern and Eastern Europe — with consequences still felt today. This is crusading history with long shadows.
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From battlefield medics to rulers of a crusading state 🏰⚔️
In this episode of History Rage, Professor Aleks Pluskowski explores how the Teutonic Order reinvented itself after the fall of the Holy Land — becoming a dominant force in northeastern Europe and shaping centuries of regional history.
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Think medieval England stayed out of the Baltic? 🇬🇧⚔️
In this History Rage episode, Professor Aleks Pluskowski reveals how English (and Scottish) knights repeatedly joined crusading campaigns in Northern Europe — a story largely missing from classrooms and popular history. Britain’s crusading past is bigger than you think.
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What actually made a crusade a crusade? 📜⚔️
In this episode of History Rage, Professor Aleks Pluskowski explains how crusades were authorised, why the papacy used them, and how “defence” became a powerful justification for war. From holy sites to political enemies, crusading was as much about power as piety.
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Late night reading.
A pretty comprehensive look at the demise of Adolf Hitler, from Caroline Sharples. Solidly sensible and substantial and
very readable. Twenty pages in already.
Methinks @alawyerwrites, @Cullivanpeter, @WG_RumblePants, @CraigNelsy and @Koushik_laribee will approve.
And hey, @appadappajappa, mark this one down.
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One of the most moving biographies I’ve written: the story of Colin Anson, a young German refugee who volunteered for Britain’s elite X-Troop Commandos and fought with such distinction.
Based on extensive interviews with Colin himself:
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Congratulations to my fellow Yale author, Marlene L. Daut, for winning the James Tait Black Prize just now with The First and Last King of Haiti. My Horace, Poet on a Volcano was on the same excellent shortlist. https://t.co/iEsPm9FHYU via @EdinReporter@yalepress@yalebooks