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The first thing to remember when analysing a historical primary source is that it will always be of some value. Most primary source exam questions ask of a source's value, or of its use to a historian, an...

During this period the papacy saw itself as the ultimate power in Christendom to which all men from peasants to emperors were subject. During the period of 1095-1204, popes such as Innocent III began to a...

This is a very common question for those studying history, even I sometimes find myself asking the same question when approaching essays at university. Its natural to fall into a narrative style, as we of...

Christians disliked the teaching of the Mormons and most people were against the view of having more than wife as being acceptable. Mormons generally cut themselves off from ordinary society, and some Mor...

A trying moment in its history, Spain needed to modernise and change its way of life, if it wanted to join its neighbours in the 20th century. The reforms needed to achieve this and their fallout, histori...