Can [the] discussion of narrative and historical interpretation remain true to the community of discourse from which it emerges and to our professional vision of what the community should ask of its history? — Ronald J. Grele, “Useful Discoveries: Oral History, Public History, and the Dialectic of Narrative,” The Public Historian, Vol 13, No2 (Spring [...]

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Given the upcoming superhero movie, Iron Man, which opens tomorrow, I thought perhaps you might be interested in the Iron Duke, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington. He was born on this day, May 1, in 1769. A native Irishman, the Iron Duke was a British Army Commander who shared in the victory [...]

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This is the second in a series of posts on Reginald Pole, Cardinal in the Catholic Church during the Reformations in Europe. His initial sympathies with the spirituali and their views of justification by faith were eclipsed by his allegiance to Rome and his duty to submit to the Tridentine decrees on justification. [...]

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