by Karen Nyenhuis | Jul 30, 2026 | Religious Conflict in Eighteenth Century Europe
Image of the latest edition from the Penguin Random House website, penguinrandomhouse.com. I read an older edition of the book: Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (New York: Ballentine Books, 1978). Cover illustration: “The Fourth...
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 | 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...
