by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 23, 2026 | Religious Conflict in Eighteenth Century Europe
Sweden’s Involvement in the Jacobite Uprisings in Scotland The relationship between Sweden and Scotland goes back to the Kalmar War between Sweden and Denmark-Norway from 1611-1613. Scottish soldiers were sent to reinforce the Swedish armed forces, and British...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jan 14, 2026 | A Miniature Gilded Age Tenement
Miniature Immigrant Tenement in Gilded Age San Francisco The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Gold Rush brought a massive influx of people to San Francisco in the Gilded Age. My mother created this 1:12 scale building with three apartments that she...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 9, 2025 | Eighteenth Century Denmark-Norway
Who was Spying on Whom in the Eighteenth Century? One of the difficulties in studying espionage in the early eighteenth century is determining who was fighting whom in an era of constantly shifting alliances and therefore who would be spying on whom. A military...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 24, 2025 | Folklore of Scandinavia, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
Sami Stories Recounted by English Historian Charles Billson Charles Billson was an English folk tale historian. The source for Billson is an article in a journal that is only available in a few scans. A record of a lecture Billson delivered to a Folklore Society on...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 8, 2025 | Religious Conflict in Eighteenth Century Europe, Shipping Ports in 18th Century Europe
Image: Delft porcelain clock from a family collection, no maker’s mark. Photo by Karen Nyenhuis. Shipping Hub for the Sugar Trade In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam was a shipping hub for the Atlantic sugar trade. The sugar was grown on islands such as...
