BBC1 年
Eighteenth century maps of Staffordshire digitised
Hundreds of maps dating back to the 18th century have been digitised for online use under a history project. Staffordshire County Council's Archives and Heritage Service was able to modernise the ...
JSTOR8 年
Eighteenth-Century Studies
MOVING WALL The "moving wall" represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. Moving walls are generally represented in years.
Cambridge University Press2 年
The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music
The eighteenth century arguably boasts a more remarkable group of significant musical figures, and a more engaging combination of genres, styles and aesthetic orientations, than any century before or ...
University of Wyoming4 年
Eighteenth-Century Life
The editors welcome contributions in all areas of the "long-eighteenth-century" culture outside North America-art, cultural studies, history, literature, music, science, and so on. To speed the ...
Travel Weekly1 年
The Rhineland-Palatinate Region in Germany
Over 300 castles let you experience their authentic and lively history. Rhineland-Palatinate's wine festivals are a hallmark of the region. The Christmas markets are world famous and are among the ...
Cambridge University Press3 年
The Afterlives of Eighteenth-Century Fiction
Roth, Hanne 2023. Alongside – The Novel: New Approaches to Eighteenth-Century Fiction. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Vol. 71, Issue. 2, p. 103. The Afterlives of Eighteenth-Century ...
MutualArt.com9 个月
Austro-German School, 18th Century
The Austro-German School, 18th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2023 the record ...
BBC1 个月
Remains of 18th Century sailor to be buried
The remains of a sailor believed to be from an 18th Century shipwreck are set to be buried in a Cornish town. Cornwall Council said the discovery was made on a cliff above Newtrain Bay in Trevone ...
BBC8 个月
Smuggling in the 18th century
For example, the import duty on tea raised its price by around 70 per cent by the middle of the 18th century. Smuggling was usually organised by gangs, who were funded by investors or venturers.
BBC4 年
Retribution and deterrence in the 18th century
Executions continued to be carried out publicly in the 18th century, mostly outside Newgate Prison in London. After 1783, a swifter method of execution was used, with the removal of a platform ...
PBS8 年
Busts of First Century Emperors
Why was the first century so turbulent? The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because ...
CBS News1 个月
Mysterious 18th-century diamond necklace — linked to Marie Antoinette's demise — could ...
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...