For Further Investigation

* Richard Cavendish on the death of Tamerlane

* Justin Marozzi, Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World

* For more on events like the Hamburg Massacre: Stephan Budiansky, The Bloody Shirt

For Further Investigation Mike Dash. “History Heroes: Marc Bloch.” Smithsonian. Accessed July 4, 2018. Bryce Lyon “Marc Bloch: Historian.” French Historical Studies15, no. 2 (1987): 195–207. Carole Fink, Marc Bloch: A Life in History  Books by Marc Bloch Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940 Feudal Society The Historian’s Craft

For Further Investigation

* Mike Dash. “History Heroes: Marc Bloch.” Smithsonian. Accessed July 4, 2018.

* Bryce Lyon “Marc Bloch: Historian.” French Historical Studies15, no. 2 (1987): 195–207.

* Carole Fink, Marc Bloch: A Life in History 

Books by Marc Bloch

* Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940

* Feudal Society

* The Historian's Craft

Conversations about historical knowledge and how we achieve it

For Further Investigation A History of Astronomy in China The definitive study of the Herschel family: Michael Hoskin, Discoverers of the Universe: William and Caroline Herschel Prescott Frontier Days Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery (Dover) Episode 68: What Was Reconstruction?

For Further Investigation

* A History of Astronomy in China

* The definitive study of the Herschel family: Michael Hoskin, Discoverers of the Universe: William and Caroline Herschel

* Prescott Frontier Days

* Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery (Dover)

* Episode 68: What Was Reconstruction?

 

Helpful links for today’s “Commonplace Book” Gary Gallagher explains why Gettysburg was not as important in 1864 as it is now. Norman Housley, “Saladin’s Triumph: The Battle of Hattin, 1187” Eliot A. Cohen and John Gooch, Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War (1991) “Visiting Chernobyl 32 Years After the Disaster” (The Atlantic, April 26, 2018)

Helpful links for today's "Commonplace Book"

* Gary Gallagher explains why Gettysburg was not as important in 1864 as it is now.

* Norman Housley, "Saladin's Triumph: The Battle of Hattin, 1187"

* Eliot A. Cohen and John Gooch, Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War (1991)

* "Visiting Chernobyl 32 Years After the Disaster" (The Atlantic, April 26, 2018)

This week on Historically Thinking I’m pleased to once again offer a conversation with Joseph A. Amato. You’ve hopefully listened to him before speaking about local history and family history. This time we discuss his latest book Everyday Life: How the Ordinary Became Extraordinary.  As you can expect from Amato, this is a rich and thoughtful […]