La storia di Rosa - 2
La storia di Rosa Gaiaschi deportata a Ravensbrück
History
History of ancient Rome: Legacy of the Roman civilisation and culture
Ancient Rome History including it's art, Inventions, Jobs, Technology, Society, Geography, Moral Principles, Chariot Races, Emperors, Julio Caesar and more.
OldMapsOnline
The easy-to-use getaway to historical maps in libraries around the world.
It's Plimsoll Day! (and we're talking about ships, not shoes)
Detail from handkerchief showing Samuel Plimsoll. 1968.42, Maritime History collections. 10 February is Plimsoll Day. Named for 19th century politician and ‘Sailor’s Friend’ Samuel Plimsoll, it’s a chance to remember his great campaign to save and improve seafarers' lives.
Commemorating an MP's furious outburst on behalf of seafarers
National Museums Liverpool
Pissoirs — Public Urinals with Little to No Privacy
We associate pissoirs, public urinals with little to no privacy, with Paris. But they date back to the Romans and are found across Europe. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
Manuscripts.org.uk
Peter Kidd research into Medieval MS
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg.
Unruly Eighteenth-Century Britain
The fascinating history of the eighteenth century, for me, is of the scandals, riots, feuds, filth and corruption that was so evident in the daily life of the rich and the poor. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the prints of James Gillray, William Hogarth, Thomas Rowlandson, the Cruikshanks and other Georgian print artists.