Oscar Browning

The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …

Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary comp…

This short survey opens with the accession of that portly spendthrift, King George IV. With British support, Greece becomes independent. The…