Historically Thinking

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 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)