Around 500 years ago some Polish authors, writing from the midst of early modern European history, started noticing that there was something odd and deeply concerning about their Eastern aggressive ...

These show plates from the London of the late 19th century. One is the 'Queen's London' (1897), the other David Copperfield ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, though there had been some advances in medical knowledge, scientists still did not understand what caused disease. However, the production of better quality ...