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Explosion in Venice
Explosion in Venice

Black powder: important, but be careful when handling it... the Serenissima knows something about it

Modern history
THE DONKEYS OF ADAMELLO
THE DONKEYS OF ADAMELLO

The unexpected rescue of the alpine troops

Contemporary history
The African Samurai
The African Samurai

The curious story of Yasuke, the only black Samurai

Modern history
Incursion into the Dardanelles
Incursion into the Dardanelles

When an Italian failure surprised the world

Contemporary history
The two-time Nobel Prize winner at war
The two-time Nobel Prize winner at war

World War I and the great advances in medicine: radiology

Contemporary history
German Hong Kong
German Hong Kong

Qingdao: the Kaiser's pearl in the heart of the east

Contemporary history
The Great Chinese Firewall
The Great Chinese Firewall

The digital wall of the 21st century

Contemporary history
The tobacco war
The tobacco war

The Milanese strike against the Austrians

Modern history
A Secret Soviet-German Alliance
A Secret Soviet-German Alliance

An exchange of technological and tactical know-how between the Soviets and the Germans in the early 1920s

Contemporary history
The Edo Period in Japanese History
The Edo Period in Japanese History

The Golden Age of Modern Japan

Modern history
The rebellion that changed the Islamic world
The rebellion that changed the Islamic world

The war between the Umayyads and the Abbasids in the 8th century

Medieval history
The Devil-Monk who didn't want to die
The Devil-Monk who didn't want to die

The end of Rasputin

Contemporary history
Chapters from the legal profession
Chapters from the legal profession

The peculiar - and almost convoluted - legal system of the Franks in medieval times

Medieval history
For a basket of figs
For a basket of figs

A fruit that started a war?

Ancient history
The Duke Tries to Take Poland
The Duke Tries to Take Poland

Alfonso II of Este's Attempt to Obtain the Polish Throne

Modern history
THE SALT MARCH
THE SALT MARCH

Indian politician, Mahatma Gandhi

Contemporary history
A king against the sea
A king against the sea

The power of Canute the Great

Medieval history
ZANNANZA
ZANNANZA

In the sands of Sinai lies the marriage of the millennium

Ancient history
THE SUBMARINES OF LAKE GARDA
THE SUBMARINES OF LAKE GARDA

THE CAMPINI - DE BERNARDI ASSAULT VEHICLE

Contemporary history
The weight of words
The weight of words

Pope Benedict XV “Note to the leaders of the belligerent peoples” 1 August 1917

Contemporary history
A HIPPOPOTAMUS AT 3000 METERS
A HIPPOPOTAMUS AT 3000 METERS

The transport of the 149G cannon

Contemporary history
A word with unsuspected origins
A word with unsuspected origins

Tempura, an all-Japanese specialty?

Modern history
Charlemagne's Elephant
Charlemagne's Elephant

An unusual gift from the East

Medieval history
FRANCISCO FRANCO AND SPANISH TIME ZONE
FRANCISCO FRANCO AND SPANISH TIME ZONE

Will we go back to 1942?

Contemporary history
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace

William Wilberforce and the abolition of the slave trade

Contemporary history
Revolutionary thieves
Revolutionary thieves

Innovative aspects of piracy

Modern history
Bloody Saturday
Bloody Saturday

The San Brizio Massacre

Medieval history
The Wolo Story: the suicide of a young monk in the abbey of St. Gallen
The Wolo Story: the suicide of a young monk in the abbey of St. Gallen

Between pride and anxiety, the death of a noble monk, between sin and redemption

Medieval history
The Sengoku Jidai era in Japan
The Sengoku Jidai era in Japan

The Warring States Period in Japan

Medieval history
A Christian daimyo in 16th century Japan
A Christian daimyo in 16th century Japan

The story of Otomo Yoshishige, baptized as Don Francisco

Modern history
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