The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

The study of Empire has always been political. But with support for Brexit partly explained by pundits as imperial nostalgia, and the sweeping rise of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A ...

This tension,between an empire of slavery and an empire of freedom, is the puzzle at the heart of this course. Using primary and secondary sources, this course explores the interconnected histories of ...

The American brig Neptune, J. CUMMINOS, master, of Orleans, Maine, was wrecked at the "Key Confitea," on the 2d of October, bound from Nuevitas, loaded with mahogany, cedar and cigars, for New-York.

The Roman Empire could not allow this revolt to succeed. Reinforcements quickly arrived and, under Paulinus’ command, met the British rebels in London. It was a savage battle, but the ...