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The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior is a Sioux tale in the tradition of the hero's journey in which a young person overcomes seemingly impossible challenges and is recognized as a great champion and...

The Dade Massacre (also given as the Dade Battle, 28 December 1835) was the opening engagement of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) between Euro-American forces and those of the Seminole, Black Seminole, and runaway slaves who had found...

Charles A. Eastman's biography of Crazy Horse (l. c. 1840-1877) is among the most significant sources on the great Sioux war chief, as Eastman drew on accounts of those who had known and fought alongside him in writing it. The work differs...

Around 1450 CE, Europe and the Middle East were defined by fragmentation, declining medieval powers, and the rise of new regional states. The Byzantine Empire had contracted to Constantinople and a few outposts, while the Ottoman Empire under...

The Congress of Vienna (September 1814–June 1815) marked a decisive attempt by Europe’s great powers to reconstruct political order after more than two decades of revolutionary and Napoleonic warfare (1792–1815). Led principally by Austria...

The Western Front (1914–1918) was the central and most industrialized theater of the First World War, emerging from Germany’s initial invasion of Belgium and northern France in August 1914 under Kaiser Wilhelm II (reign 1888–1918). Following...

A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Jacques Scherrer showing Joan of Arc (1412-1431 CE), victorious after lifting the siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). (Museum of Fine Arts, Orleans, France)

An 18th century CE painting by Benjamin West depicting Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) crossing the Somme river in 1346 CE in his campaign during the Hundred Years' War (1332-1453 CE) against France. (Windsor Castle Collection)

A map showing the initial battle lines at the Battle of Poitiers in France on 19 September 1356 CE between England and France. The English, led by Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376 CE), were victorious in the second major battle of the Hundred...

A modern illustration of Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE) fighting at the Battle of Agincourt against the French on 25 October 1415 CE. The battle was one of the great English victories during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). (Illustration...