HISTORY

The Wendish Crusade: Holy War or Political Ambition in the Baltic Frontier?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 8, 2025
For centuries, the Polabian Slavs lived in their ancestral homeland around the Elbe River, in what is today Germany. Following their age-old traditional lifestyle, they

Oldest US Firearm Found in Arizona and Tied to Coronado Expedition
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 5, 2025
A groundbreaking discovery in southern Arizona has unveiled the oldest known firearm in the continental United States. A bronze wall gun, dating to the Coronado

Bronze Age Sword Found in Danish Bog Leads to Hoard
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 2, 2025
A Bronze Age sword, ritually bent before being deposited as an offering, has been unearthed in Værebro Ådal by a metal detectorist on his first

Following Threads to Colonial Barbados
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 30, 2025
Samplers, pieces of embroidery made to practise or demonstrate needlework stitches, were an important part of girls’ education for centuries. In Britain, girls stitched samplers

Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 27, 2025
A historical document composed by King Otto I, better known as Otto the Great, to his English queen has been re-examined and re-dated by a

Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 24, 2025
The sky in the northern hemisphere had been darkened, the winters unusually harsh, and the summers barely arriving for decades when the German Lutheran author

How the Thanksgiving Food Favorites Won Their Place at the Table
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 21, 2025
Thanksgiving, celebrated annually in the United States, is a time-honored tradition marked by a feast that brings together family and friends. It is in essence

What Counts as a Planet?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 18, 2025
When, in 1816, John Keats began reading an Elizabethan translation of Homer, he became so enthralled that he stayed up all night. By morning, he

Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 15, 2025
Claire Holleran/The Conversation Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II features a scene in which a senator, seated at a pavement cafe in Rome, reads a printed newspaper.

Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 12, 2025
Appearing in 1482, the Libro de la ventura – or Book of Fortune – became a staple of Renaissance parties. A bestseller across Europe, this