by Talking Humanities | Oct 10, 2019 | Events, History & Classics
Dr Philip Mansel, research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research and author of ‘King of the World: the Life of Louis XIV’, previews his forthcoming lecture ‘The Sun King and the Sultan: Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire’, which takes place on 22 October at the...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 28, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law
On 10 June 1916 Sharif Hussein, guardian of the holy city of Mecca, fired a shot from a window in his palace at the Turkish headquarters nearby. This marked the start of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire, writes Martin Plaut. Negotiations between the British,...
