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The War of the Breton Succession, or Breton War of Succession (1341–1365), was a war over the succession to the dukes of Brittany, in north-western France, that lasted for over twenty years. The war was a major conflict in the long Hundred Years’ War, which drove both France and England into a fight for survival and a contest for supremacy in Western Europe. Talia Bega ex...

By the time Catherine Parr became the sixth wife of Henry VIII in July 1543, England had endured more than three decades of political upheaval, religious revolution, and dynastic uncertainty. The women who had preceded her had experienced exile, disgrace, execution, and death in childbirth. Catherine entered a royal court haunted by the memories of Catherine of Aragon, An...

As the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday today, here Avery Scott considers how the story of the declaration of independence is a microcosm of the American experiment itself. A testament to the birth of what would become the most powerful country o...

Keeping a watchful eye over Philadelphia for nearly 255 years — Fort Mifflin is much more than just a decaying

The War of the Breton Succession, or Breton War of Succession (1341–1365), was a war over the succession to the dukes of Brittany, in north-western France, that lasted for over twenty years. The war was a major conflict in the long Hundred Years’ War, which drove both France and England into a fight for survival and a contest for supremacy in Western Europe. Talia Bega ex...