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  • Italy 1815–1924

    Italy 1815–1924

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    Italy 1815–1924

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    After the Napoleonic occupation ended in 1815, much of Italy wanted unification, but was prohibited from doing so by Austrian intervention. Under Austria’s insistence, a decision was made by conservative forces within Europe to restore Italy to its pre-Napoleonic borders. Austria was given control of the kingdom of Lombardy and... More
  • Nat Turner’s Rebellion 1831

    Nat Turner’s Rebellion 1831

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    Nat Turner’s Rebellion 1831

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    Nat Turner was literate, charismatic and highly devout, holding Baptist services for his fellow slaves who dubbed him the ‘Prophet’. Infected by the febrile religiosity, and expectation of the apocalypse, that was sweeping America (both white and black) during the Great Awakening, he began to experience visions. Interpreting a solar... More
  • Nubia Ascendant 728 BCE

    Nubia Ascendant 728 BCE

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    Nubia Ascendant 728 BCE

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    Rameses XI (1107–1077 BCE) moved his capital from Thebes to Tanis in the Nile Delta at the end of his reign, an acknowledgement of a collapse of control in Upper Egypt. The long Third Intermediate Period ensued; by the 24th Dynasty (732–720 BCE), Osorkon IV ruled little more than a... More
  • Peasant Discontent 1827–60

    Peasant Discontent 1827–60

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    Peasant Discontent 1827–60

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    Increasingly, Russia’s rulers realized that the condition of serfdom needed to be addressed. Catherine the Great introduced prosecution for mistreatment of serfs by landowners, in the wake of the Pugachev revolt (1773–75). Paul I limited barshchina (service owed to the landowner) to three days a week, and Alexander I introduced... More
  • Persian Armenia c. 450

    Persian Armenia c. 450

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    Persian Armenia c. 450

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    By the middle of the 5th century, Persian Armenia had maintained a rather precarious independence for four centuries in the border zones of competing empires, first Rome and Parthia, later the Byzantines and Sassanids. Their kingdom converted to Christianity in 301 but, in 428, accepted the suzerainty of the Zoroastrian... More
  • Pilgrimage of Grace 1536

    Pilgrimage of Grace 1536

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    Pilgrimage of Grace 1536

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    The Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) was a revolt sparked by Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries and transfer of Church property to the Crown. It began in Louth, Lincolnshire, and spread to Yorkshire, Cumberland, Lancaster and Westmoreland. On 2 October, angered by the state closure of nearby Louth Park Abbey,... More
  • Poland 1648

    Poland 1648

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    Poland 1648

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    1648 marked the beginning of the ‘Deluge’ (c. 1648–60), a ruinous phase of uprisings and wars. It began with the Zaporogian Cossack independence struggle against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1648–55, supported by Tatars of the Crimean Khanate and disparate disaffected elements within the region, including the peasants. The rebellion resulted... More
  • Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763–64

    Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763–64

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    Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763–64

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    A confederation of Native American warriors, led by the Ottawa chief Pontiac, launched an assault on the British garrison at Detroit in April 1763. The Native Americans were angered by the harsh British treatment of them after the British victory in the French and Indian War (1754–63). Their intention was... More
  • Province of Kursk 1905

    Province of Kursk 1905

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    Province of Kursk 1905

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    The ‘Jacquerie’ or Peasants’ uprising began in February 1905, in Dmitriev in the Kursk governate. Its initial manifestation was remarkably disciplined and free from violence. Led by the ‘middle peasantry’, or smallholders, and organized through the mir, the local peasant assemblies, the rebels targeted estates, carting off stores of fodder... More
  • Radicalism and Rebellion in the 1790s

    Radicalism and Rebellion in the 1790s

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    Radicalism and Rebellion in the 1790s

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    The American and French Revolutions were important catalysts in late 18th century Ireland. The Anglo-Protestant Ascendancy which ruled in Ireland effectively excluded both Catholics and non-Anglican Protestants from representation. The Defenders, a rural Catholic insurgent movement was active from the 1780s, but the formation (1791) of the Society of United... More
  • Revolts and Risings c. 1460–c. 1570

    Revolts and Risings c. 1460–c. 1570

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    Revolts and Risings c. 1460–c. 1570

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    The Tudor dynasty was plagued by rebellions, provoked by their questionable claim to the throne, and then resentment at Henry VIII’s breach with the Catholic Church. Religion was significant in the Geraldine rebellions in Ireland (1569–73, 1579–83) spearheaded by their captain-general Fitzmaurice and crushed, ruthlessly. It was also a factor... More
  • Rome’s Rebellious Empires c. 265 CE

    Rome’s Rebellious Empires c. 265 CE

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    Rome’s Rebellious Empires c. 265 CE

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    In 235 CE the death of Emperor Severus Alexander at the hands of his own soldiers began the ‘crisis’ of the third century during which numerous contenders fought for control of the empire. During this period of diminished imperial power, two breakaway states formed on the eastern and western fringes... More